Sentences with phrase «magnetized particles»
The geomagnetic field only affects charged or magnetized particles.
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A CME occurs when magnetic fields on the Sun explosively realign, throwing a colossal cloud of magnetized particles, also known as plasma, into space.
By analyzing volcanic rocks and once - magnetized particles of sediment above and below fossils from the Chorora Formation, the researchers have new evidence that Chororapithecus was probably about 8 million years old.
Solar flares are sometimes followed by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which spew charged and magnetized particles into space.
Not exact matches
The so - called Carrington Event of 1859 began with a bright solar flare and an ejection of magnetized, high - energy particles that produced the most intense magnetic storm ever recorded on Earth.
The experiment, housed in a laboratory adjacent to his office at the University of Washington, is a supercooled, magnetized vacuum chamber equipped with a sensitive detector that listens for the microwave «ping» of passing particles called axions.
That's no surprise because the particles themselves are magnetized.
When the system is activated, the particles are magnetized and aligned into fibrous structures, changing flow resistance.