magnetosphere Archives - Lousy Canuck https://the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/tag/magnetosphere/ ... Because I don't watch enough hockey, drink enough beer, or eat enough bacon. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:39:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 114111316 NASA’s Dynamic Earth shows how the sun’s trying to kill us https://the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/2012/06/28/nasas-dynamic-earth-shows-how-the-suns-trying-to-kill-us/ https://the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/2012/06/28/nasas-dynamic-earth-shows-how-the-suns-trying-to-kill-us/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:39:38 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/?p=10397 The post NASA’s Dynamic Earth shows how the sun’s trying to kill us appeared first on Lousy Canuck.

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… And what’s stopping it from doing so: mostly, the magnetosphere.

According to Frazer Cain of Universe Today, this is part of a larger video playing at the Smithsonian called Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth’s Climate Engine.

I’d love to see the full video, if this snippet is any indication.

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