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NASA Discoveries: Northern Lights Mystery Unveiled

Explore groundbreaking findings on the Northern Lights by NASA's THEMIS spacecraft. Witness the substorm simulation, flux transfer events, and flux ropes in the magnetosphere. Delve into the boundary waves mystery. Watch the spectacular videos and research simulations uncovering the secrets of space phenomena.

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NASA Discoveries: Northern Lights Mystery Unveiled

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  1. THEMIS AGU Press Conference: “NASA SPACECRAFT MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT NORTHERN LIGHTS”

  2. Vassilis AngelopoulosTHEMIS Principal InvestigatorUniversity of California, Los Angeles

  3. THEMIS Night Side Science SubstormtoOrbits.mpg or http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003300/a003356/index.html

  4. March 23rd Substorm POLARmovie.mpg

  5. Mar. 23rd Substorm Raeder Model

  6. David SibeckTHEMIS Project ScientistNASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  7. Dayside Science Sun Magnetosphere Dayside Simulation

  8. Flux Transfer Events FluxTransferEvent.avi

  9. Flux Ropes or Boundary Waves? AEDCB AEDCB Let THEMIS- the blindfolded Greek goddess of impartial justice decide! Flux ropes Boundary waves bulge outward bulge one way in both directions or the other

  10. Observation and Interpretation Sphere -,+ Sheath Five THEMIS spacecraft were used to construct cross-sections indicating a flux rope detached from the magnetosphere

  11. Flux Ropes Power the Magnetosphere! + - Flux rope pumps 650,000 Amp current into the Arctic! 30 kiloVolt battery in space

  12. Jonathan EastwoodTHEMIS researcherUniversity of California at Berkeley

  13. Computer simulation of a Hot Flow Anomaly Courtesy: Dr. Nick Omidi Solana Scientific Inc.

  14. The THEMIS ground observatories tracked the pressure pulse across north America

  15. Bios and Photos

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