Sun's magnetic field going to flip soon: 11-year solar cycle wimpy, but peaking
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
In a 3-meter diameter hollow aluminum sphere, a physics professor is stirring and heating plasmas to 500,000 degrees Fahrenheit to experimentally mimic the magnetic field-inducing cosmic dynamos at the heart of planets, stars and other celestial bodies.