The Sun’s Electric Field Isn’t as Strong as We Thought!

The sun shapes the solar system in many ways, including through its mysterious solar wind, which was thought to be pushed through the force of the sun’s electric field. Recent observations revealed, though, that that hypothesis may not be entirely correct! Plus, we have a better idea of how Jupiter’s x-ray auroras, that are invisible to the human eye, actually form! Host: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/spaceweather/index.html#q8 https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2021-07/uoi-pds070721.php https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/nmp/st5/SCIENCE/solarwind.html https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JA026005 https://scijinks.gov/aurora/ https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/28/eabf0851 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/ucl-ss4070821.php https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/The_mystery_of_what_causes_Jupiter_s_X-ray_auroras_is_solved Image Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/hubble-captures-giant-star-on-the-edge-of-destruction https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/suns-magnetic-field-portrayed https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/sun-surface-system-ndayyulhlili23r5f https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/energy-wave-1005-a-glowing-plasma-ball-bursts-with-energy-loop-hqbzxyxcgjh2fwi4k https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/understanding-the-magnetic-sun https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12329 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parker_Solar_Probe.jpg https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2016/24/868-Video.html?keyword=Jupiter%20aurora&news=true https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/solar-storms-ignite-xray-northern-lights-on-jupiter.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter_Aurora.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/x-ray-satellite-xmm-newton-celebrates-20-years-in-space https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_of_Juno_spacecraft_at_Jupiter_(PIA19639).jpg https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/270181.php https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crawler_transporter_with_Atlantis_on_the_ramp_to_pad_39A.jpg


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