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NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone – more than scientists can analyze alone. As Shock Detectives, you’ll help sort the chaotic from peaceful regions of the data, giving researchers a crucial set of clues.

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According to NASA’s press release item, NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind, NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission has collected more than ten years of data from this zone – more than scientists can analyze alone. As Shock Detectives, you’ll help sort the chaotic from peaceful regions of the data, giving researchers a crucial set of clues.
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