Magnetic Energy Gets Unleashed! – Science Podcast – NASA is going to launch a mission to get to the bottom of the mystery of how criss-crossing magnetic field lines can trigger a fierce explosion. It’s called MMS, short for Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, and it consists of four spacecraft which will fly through Earth’s magnetosphere to study reconnection in action.
In this audio read by Dr Tony Phillips we explore exactly what the MMS is and what NASA has in mind for the mission (Lasts 4 Minutes 41 Seconds)
You can read the article version of this podcast here - Magnetic Energy Gets Unleashed!
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