Map the Earth’s Magnetic Shield with the Space Umbrella Project

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Map the Earth’s Magnetic Shield with the Space Umbrella Project

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Map Earth’s magnetic shield with the Space Umbrella Project

A flow of charged particles called solar wind flows from the Sun to Earth. Here it encounters the Earth’s magnetic fields, which protect our planet like a giant umbrella. The Space Umbrella Project needs your help to investigate this dynamic region, where NASA’s Magnetosphere Multiscale (MMS) mission has been collecting data since 2015. The MMS mission studies how the Sun and Earth’s magnetic fields connect and disconnect, explosively transferring energy from one to the other in a process important to the Sun, other planets, and throughout the universe.

With the Space Umbrella project, you will help identify when the MMS spacecraft observed the strongest interactions between Earth’s magnetosphere and the solar wind. While these interactions can result in magnificent auroras, they also release energy that could disrupt GPS and communications systems and endanger astronauts. Your work will also help scientists better understand solar storms. Understanding these solar storms can help keep our astronauts and technology safe.

To get started, visit the Space Umbrella Project website and follow the tutorial. The tutorial will teach you everything you need to know, including how to tell when the satellite is in the Earth’s magnetic field and when the magnetosphere interacts with particles from the Sun. Everyone is welcome to participate – no prior experience required!

Left: Artist’s drawing of the Earth’s magnetic field (blue lines) interacting with charged particles from the Sun (yellow lines). The Earth’s magnetosphere (orange crescent) is created by the Earth’s magnetic field. It deflects these particles like an umbrella. Right: Observations from NASA’s MMS mission such as those these volunteers would see while participating in the Space Umbrella project.

NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory