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NASA: Data Tour of MMS and Magnetopause Reconnection
designer: Tom Bridgman
published by the NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission
This visualization collection from the NASA Multiscale Magnetosphere mission provides representations of the process of magnetic reconnection, a phenomenon that happens when magnetic fields around Earth connect and explosively realign. Magnetic reconnection occurs at the boundary where Earth's magnetosphere encounters the solar wind and is considered to be a key driver of space radiation. These visualizations show the flow of particles before, during and after magnetic reconnection. The MMS mission was launched in 2015 and consists of four spacecraft flying in a pyramid structure to better obtain 3-dimensional data structures of magnetic field events. The first capture of a reconnection event was in 2016.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4460
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Astronomy
- Instrumentation
= Detectors
- Solar System
= Earth
- The Sun
= Magnetic Activity
Electricity & Magnetism
- Magnetic Fields and Forces
= Magnetic Fields
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- Geoscience
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- Lower Undergraduate
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Keywords:
magnetic field data, magnetic reconnection, magnetosphere, reconnection, solar wind
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Metadata instance created March 5, 2022 by Caroline Hall
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March 5, 2022 by Caroline Hall
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December 14, 2021
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Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)

Types of Interactions (PS2.B)
  • Forces that act at a distance (electric, magnetic, and gravitational) can be explained by fields that extend through space and can be mapped by their effect on a test object (a charged object, or a ball, respectively). (6-8)
  • 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)
Relationship Between Energy and Forces (PS3.C)
  • When two objects interacting through a field change relative position, the energy stored in the field is changed. (9-12)

NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)

Analyzing and Interpreting Data (K-12)
  • Analyzing data in 9–12 builds on K–8 and progresses to introducing more detailed statistical analysis, the comparison of data sets for consistency, and the use of models to generate and analyze data. (9-12)
    • Analyze data using tools, technologies, and/or models (e.g., computational, mathematical) in order to make valid and reliable scientific claims or determine an optimal design solution. (9-12)
    • Analyze data using computational models in order to make valid and reliable scientific claims. (9-12)
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NASA: Data Tour of MMS and Magnetopause Reconnection. (2021, December 14). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4460
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NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission. NASA: Data Tour of MMS and Magnetopause Reconnection. Greenbelt: NASA Magnetosphere Multiscale Mission, December 14, 2021. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4460 (accessed 1 May 2025).
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