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What is Space Weather? – EXPLAINED

Credit: National Science Foundation News
Levels
  • Introductory (K-5)
Material Type
  • Animation/Visualization
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active…
  • Big Idea 3.1 – The Sun is made of churning plasma…
NGSS
  • ESS2 - Earth's Systems
Heliophysics Topics
  • Coronal Mass Ejection
  • Magnetosphere
  • Solar Flare
  • Space Weather
  • Sun
  • Sunspot
Heliophysics Missions
  • Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
  • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
  • Solar Orbiter
  • Parker Solar Probe
  • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
Material Cost per Learner Free
Language English

Learn about geomagnetic storms, solar storms, sunspots, and solar flares, all of which are part of the phenomena known as "space weather". This video features an interview with Dr. Carrie Black, a heliophysicist, as she discusses the ways in which the Sun's magnetic field creates space weather, the ways space weather affects Earth and the rest of the Solar System, and why it is important for scientists to study these phenomena.