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From the Ted Talk by Miho Janvier: Lessons from a solar storm chaser
Unscramble the Blue Letters
At the bgnneinig of the space eltooxrapin age 50 years ago only, the proebs we sent in space revealed that the planets in our Solar System constantly bathe in a seatrm of particles that are coming from the Sun and that we call the solar wind. And in the same way that global wind parentts here on etarh can be affected by hurricanes, the solar wind is sometimes affected by solar storms that I like to call "space hurricanes." When they arvire at planets, they can perturb the space environment, which in turn creates the northern or southern lights, for example, here on Earth, but also Saturn and also Jupiter.
Open Cloze
At the _________ of the space ___________ age 50 years ago only, the ______ we sent in space revealed that the planets in our Solar System constantly bathe in a ______ of particles that are coming from the Sun and that we call the solar wind. And in the same way that global wind ________ here on _____ can be affected by hurricanes, the solar wind is sometimes affected by solar storms that I like to call "space hurricanes." When they ______ at planets, they can perturb the space environment, which in turn creates the northern or southern lights, for example, here on Earth, but also Saturn and also Jupiter.
Solution
- patterns
- earth
- stream
- probes
- exploration
- arrive
- beginning
Original Text
At the beginning of the space exploration age 50 years ago only, the probes we sent in space revealed that the planets in our Solar System constantly bathe in a stream of particles that are coming from the Sun and that we call the solar wind. And in the same way that global wind patterns here on Earth can be affected by hurricanes, the solar wind is sometimes affected by solar storms that I like to call "space hurricanes." When they arrive at planets, they can perturb the space environment, which in turn creates the northern or southern lights, for example, here on Earth, but also Saturn and also Jupiter.
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