What Happened
Our planet rests inside a magnetic cocoon filled with plasma – but it’s not always peaceful and quiet.
Why It Matters
Activity from the Sun can send waves through this space, and some of those disturbances can even reach Earth, affecting our power grid.
Key Details
- Scientists are working to understand exactly how these waves behave, and the team behind NASA’s Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas (HARP) citizen science project approaches this in a unique way: they compare the Earth’s magnetic field to a giant harp in space.
- The HARP team translated magnetic field measurements into sound.
- This translation allowed HARP project volunteers to use their ears to study a particular type of plasma wave that plays a role in space weather.
- What they heard surprised everyone.
Background Context
Our planet rests inside a magnetic cocoon filled with plasma – but it’s not always peaceful and quiet. Activity from the Sun can send waves through this space, and some of those disturbances can even reach Earth, affecting our power grid. Scientists are working to understand exactly how these waves behave, and the team behind NASA’s Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas (HARP) citizen science project approaches this in a unique way: they compare the Earth’s magnetic field to a giant harp in space. The HARP team translated magnetic field measurements into sound. This translation allowed HARP project volunteers to use their ears to study a particular type of plasma wave that plays a rol
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