The Electric Space exhibit is now at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore through the end of April. I encourage anyone who is visiting or lives in the Washington DC - Baltimore area to go see this impressive outreach project. Visitors learn how plasma, the matter that makes up stars, can be found on Earth in lightning, in neon signs and in a common candle flame. Using interactive displays such as the Aurora Terella, a 30-inch sphere that simulates a polar aurora, we can see how planet Earth is really a giant magnet. The 3,900 sq.
Space weather is a major part of the exhibit.
Visitors learn that space is not as empty as they once thought and that powerful solar storms can cause satellites to loose their bearings and power lines to fail. Visitors also learn how the beautiful and mysterious Northern Lights are created and that our solar system is surrounded by a huge magnetic bubble - one of many that surround the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. I believe that Visitors will find Electric Space an experience they will long remember.