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What is Space Weather Video

This approximately 3-minute video summarizes space weather, which is the collective name for solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar particle events, and the solar wind that can all affect life on Earth and astronauts in space. (Credit: NASA / NOAA)
Levels
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Material Type
  • Animation/Visualization
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
  • Big Idea 1.3 – The Sun’s energy drives Earth’s climate…
  • Big Idea 3.1 – The Sun is made of churning plasma…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
Heliophysics Topics
  • Aurora
  • Sun
  • Space Weather
  • Solar Wind
  • Solar Flare
  • Radio Blackout
  • Magnetosphere
  • Geomagnetic Storm
  • Coronal Mass Ejection
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

This approximately 3-minute video summarizes space weather, which is the collective name for solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar particle events, and the solar wind that can all affect life on Earth and astronauts in space.

This brief video explains what space weather is, what causes it, and the effects it can have on Earth. These range in scale from the beautiful Northern and Southern Lights to the massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which can have adverse effects on orbiting satellites and unprotected astronauts in space.