Observations Reshape Basic Plasma Wave Physics

Observations Reshape Basic Plasma Wave Physics

New light has been shed on the invisible forces shaping our near-Earth environment, unveiling a fundamental physical phenomenon. Using a specialized suite of instruments aboard NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale - or MMS - spacecraft, scientists found the first observational proof of a fifty-year-old theory and uncovered new, unexpected complexities in the small-scale dynamics of a type of plasma wave, known as a kinetic Alfven wave. The results may lead to improved nuclear fusion techniques for generating energy more efficiently. Read more:https://cms.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-observations-reshape-basic-plasma-wave-physics Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein Music credit: Coolheaded by Jeff Cardoni This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12512 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorerOr subscribe to NASA’s Goddard Shorts HD Podcast: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/iTunes/f0004_index.htmlFollow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center  · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ http://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts