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Solar Wind: Mad Science at the Lunar Surface

Levels
  • intermediate
  • advanced
NGSS
  • ps1
  • ps2
Requirements
  • low tech
  • low cost
CreditNASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Language
  • english
A drawing of how the solar wind breaks down bonds in silica molecules.

On the Moon, the solar wind interacts with the surface because the Moon is not protected by an atmosphere or a magnetosphere. Read more here and watch a video about how the solar wind affects the polar regions of the Moon: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4893