Solar Wind: Mad Science at the Lunar Surface

A drawing of how the solar wind breaks down bonds in silica molecules.
Levels
  • intermediate
  • advanced
NGSS
  • ps1
  • ps2
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
Big Ideas
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Helio Topics
  • solar_wind
  • ionization
CreditNASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Language
  • english

On the Moon, the solar wind interacts with the surface because the Moon is not protected by an atmosphere or a magnetosphere.

Read more about solar wind on the Moon here and watch the video from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio here.