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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission studies magnetic reconnection near Earth so we can understand it everywhere. Magnetic fields go in, energy comes out. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of nature that happens all across our universe. MAGNETIC RECONNECTION www.nasa.gov NEAR EARTH It creates disturbances in near-Earth space, leading to… AURORAS At the heliopause It sends interstellar matter across our solar system’s magnetic boundary… HELIOPAUSE NEAR BLACK HOLES It heats nearby gas to extraordinary temperatures... BLACK HOLE ON THE SUN Magnetic reconnection sets off solar explosions, such as... CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS SOLAR FLARES Check out more on MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: www.nasa.gov/mms www.nasa.gov/sunearth @NASASunEarth MORE INFO
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale,or MMS, mission studies magnetic reconnectionnear Earth so we can understand it everywhere.
Magnetic fields go in, energy comes out. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of nature that happens all across our universe.
MAGNETICRECONNECTION
Magnetic Reconnection Infographic.ai8.3” x 25”
www.nasa.gov
NEAR EARTH
It creates disturbancesin near-Earth space,leading to…
AURORAS
At the heliopause
It sends interstellarmatter across oursolar system’smagnetic boundary…
HELIOPAUSE
NEAR BLACK HOLES
It heats nearby gasto extraordinarytemperatures...
BLACK HOLE
ON THE SUN
Magnetic reconnectionsets off solarexplosions,such as...
CORONALMASS
EJECTIONS SOLARFLARES
Check out more on MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: www.nasa.gov/mmswww.nasa.gov/sunearth@NASASunEarthM
ORE
INFO
