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NASA Science Casts: Earth's Magnetosphere
published by the NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission
This 4-minute video explains how the magnetosphere surrounding our planet protects us from the fury of the Sun, a key factor in Earth's habitability. Magnetosphere is defined as the region of space around a planet that is dominated by the planet's magnetic field. The shape of Earth's magnetic field is the result of being blasted by solar wind. Planet Earth has one of the strongest magnetospheres of the rocky planets in our solar system. The video also explores theories about why Mars has no magnetic field, resulting in a planet constantly barraged by ionized solar particles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg-90XlA
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Astronomy
- Solar System
- The Sun
= Magnetic Activity
= Space Weather
Electricity & Magnetism
- Magnetic Fields and Forces
= Magnetic Fields
- Middle School
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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Keywords:
Earth science, Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, NASA MMS, plasma physics, solar wind
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Metadata instance created February 2, 2022 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
February 2, 2022 by Caroline Hall
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March 25, 2018
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Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)

Types of Interactions (PS2.B)
  • Forces at a distance are explained by fields (gravitational, electric, and magnetic) permeating space that can transfer energy through space. Magnets or electric currents cause magnetic fields; electric charges or changing magnetic fields cause electric fields. (9-12)
Definitions of Energy (PS3.A)
  • These relationships are better understood at the microscopic scale, at which all of the different manifestations of energy can be modeled as a combination of energy associated with the motion of particles and energy associated with the configuration (relative position of the particles). In some cases the relative position energy can be thought of as stored in fields (which mediate interactions between particles). This last concept includes radiation, a phenomenon in which energy stored in fields moves across space. (9-12)
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(NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission, Greenbelt, 2018), WWW Document, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg-90XlA).
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NASA Science Casts: Earth's Magnetosphere (NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission, Greenbelt, 2018), <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg-90XlA>.
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NASA Science Casts: Earth's Magnetosphere. (2018, March 25). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg-90XlA
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NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission. NASA Science Casts: Earth's Magnetosphere. Greenbelt: NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission, March 25, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg-90XlA (accessed 1 May 2025).
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NASA Science Casts: Earth's Magnetosphere. Greenbelt: NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission, 2018. 25 Mar. 2018. 1 May 2025 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FSg-90XlA>.
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