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Presentation | Grades 6-12+ | This presentation by Dr. Jared Espley explains how the Sun sends a stream of charged particles called the solar wind. Heliophysics Education Community meeting presentation – August 2025.
Explore This Section Heliophysics Education Community meeting presentation – August 2025 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Levels Intermediate (6-8) Advanced (9-12+) Material Type Presentation/Lecture Heliophysics Big Ideas Big Idea 1.2 – The Sun is active… Big Idea 2.2 – The Sun defines the space… NGSS ESS2 – Earth’s Systems PS2 – Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions Heliophysics Topics Electromagnetism Magnetic Field Magnetosphere Material Cost per Learner Free Language English Presentation | Grades 6-12+ | This presentation by Dr. Fortunately, Earth is protected by an invisible shield created by Earth’s magnetic field. NASA flies magnetometers to observe solar wind Impacts on planets.
Magnetometers are one of the most commonly flown scientific instruments across NASA missions. Many heliophysics missions study magnetic fields in space. Planetary missions can also study planetary magnetic fields, whether intrinsic or induced.
MAVEN has detected induced magnetic fields on Mars caused by solar events.
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