1999 SPACE SCIENCE VIDEOTAPES |
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Tape Title | Record ID | Date Produced | TRT: |
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| TRACE SPACECRAFT DISCOVERS MOSS ON THE SUN | G99-104 | 12/14/99 | 00:01:45 | A new feature near the surface of the Sun, termed "solar moss" because its weird, sponge-like appearance resembles the plant, has been discovered by astronomers using NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft. |
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| ITEM (1): SOLAR MOSS - Scientists have discovered a new feature near the surface of the Sun they call "solar moss". The weird, sponge-like appearance resembles the plant. Scientists say the discovery helps them better understand the Sun's mysterious transition region, the thin region in the solar atmosphere where temperatures soars from ten thousand to millions of degrees. Studying the solar moss may ultimately shed light on the long-standing problem of how the corona is heated to million-degree temperatures." Courtesy: NASA / Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab
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| ITEM (2): NASA'S TRANSITION REGION AND CORONAL EXPLORER (TRACE) - TRACE is a NASA mission operated jointly by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Montana State University. Courtesy: NASA
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