Shock Detectives

https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science/shock-detectives/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202620 Shock Detectives The Sun throws off an extremely fast stream of charged particles called the solar wind. This solar wind collides with the Earth and its protective magnetic field, generating a shock wave called “the bow shock.” There, at the bow shock, the ever-changing magnetic fields can either make the solar wind messy and dynamic or leave it smooth and stable. That’s where the scientists behind Shock Detectives need your help. Join the Shock Detectives project and help interpret data collected by the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission, whose four spacecraft fly in formation through the bow shock zone. You can help classify patterns in the bow shock and help scientists figure out what governs its behavior.