For years NASA scientists believed Space, the unexplored, unknown, was an empty, silent, vastness except for the planets and other space objects that defy understanding. But this is the age of space exploration and George Jetson-type spacecraft that can study the incredible diversity and the amazing show of consciousness that the Universe has in its God-like DNA.
NASA scientists are more aware of the electromagnet waves that circle the Earth. Those invisible waves create a symphony of sound. Sounds that have always been there but went undetected by humans.
These Electromagnetic waves whistle, and they almost recreate the sounds of a string orchestra practicing for a Boston Pops performance. Along with the sound of a string orchestra, scientists are picking up the beat of drums.
NASA claims the sound of drums come from the plasma jets hitting the Earth in rock star fashion. There’s a magnetic bubble floating around the Earth. The bubble protects the Earth from space trash and other hazards. But it also acts like Rolling Stone drummer, Charlie Watts, when he gives Mick the tempo to prance around the stage like an ageless teenager.
NASA calls the magnetic bubble a magnetosphere. And according to NASA, the magnetosphere sits in a region of space called the magnetopause.
The magnetopause defends the Earth as the Sun sends blasts of high-energy particles in Earth’s direction. Most of these harmful solar particles don’t make it through the magnetopause. But scientists believe these solar bad guys could upset satellite communications, and they might give astronauts a nasty case of the solar radiation if the magnetopause fails.
Discovering how the magnetosphere and the magnetopause function changed the way scientist view the solar system and the outer limits of the Earth. There is a connected symphony going on in space. Scientists are just beginning to understand how that symphony can help them incorporate the tools they need to turn up the heat on human space travel.
