Thursday, 22 August 2013

The Otherworldly Glow of the Solar System’s Auroras, Bottled in a Lab




The Otherworldly Glow of the Solar System's Auroras, Bottled in a Lab
Aug 22nd 2013, 16:30, by Jamie Condliffe
18xshpnttc0tyjpgIf this image makes you think of the Northern Lights, you shouldn’t be surprised. Because this is in fact a planeterrella: a large glass dome containing spheres and charged particles, which mimics the auroral glows present within our solar system. When magnetic fields are applied within the dome, put together by NASA, charged particle of [...]
    






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