The University of Michigan computer code has a switch to model interactions with many solar system phenomena. Timur Linde Hal Marshall Clinton Groth Quentin Stout Ken Powell Magnetic field lines from a coronal mass ejections appear to envelop virtual reality CAVE users. UM aerospace engineering seniors Stuart Feldman and Aaron Jacobovits developed the visualization application, which allows researchers to fly through the information and find particular features. Earth and Space Sciences Project Science Team II Grand Challenge Investigations. Grand Challenges are fundamental problems of widespread scientific impact whose solutions can be advanced by applying high-performance computing techniques.
Schoolchildren learn about the sun and planets in their earliest science classes.
Ions are atoms with a high positive charge caused by being nearly stripped of electrons. Expanding into the heliosphere, the solar wind brings life, destruction and mystery. Earth could not survive without the sun's light and heat. On the other hand, charged solar wind phenomena sometimes wreak havoc on satellites and power distribution systems. Comets were never thought to emit X-rays until some recently did just that when passing through the inner heliosphere.