The South Atlantic Anomaly: A Bermuda Triangle in Space

Hi Spacecats, I'm Dr Maggie Lieu and welcome to my channel, where you can find all things space, astronomy and physics! In this video, I want to introduce the mysterious Bermuda Triangle of Space, AKA the South Atlantic Anomaly. Just like the region we have on Earth, unexplained phenomena occur when you enter this space so space travellers beware!

Media credits:
SAA: ESA/DTU Space
Earth magnetic field: NASA
Dosimeters: JAXA
Hubble: ESA/Hubble
SAA: NASA, ESA, Kornmesser
magnetosphere solar wind: Archer/Masongsong/NASA
SAA growth prediction: NASA
Earth magnetic field: ESA

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[sifarren]

Great Video, well done for mentioning the possibility of a pole flip. When I talk about it, people think I'm on drugs or have completely lost the plot.

[johnlewis]

Brilliant as always! I wasn’t previously aware of this Bermuda Triangle but I’ll take it a lot more seriously than the other one.

[symonheiloguu]

I live in Brazil, and I'm an astronomy enthusiast, the anomaly is quite terrifying for me

[annexcelestial]

Great video dr Maggie!!!awesome job as always

[KYClay]

My last comment I said I get a little smile every time I'm notified of a new video from now I have a GIANT smile because I got a notification of a new video AND a nice reply!!! Thank you so much!!! That made my day!!! Keep up the awesome work!!

[AndersWelander]

Wow! I love this video. Thank you so much. I had no idea about this. I am an expert on magnetic fields and plasmas and that science could be a fun job for me, especially since I love everything having to do with space exploration and cosmology.

[oussamalasfer]

i wonder if earth magnetic field flipped the anomaly just change spot or disappear completely

[harritoivio]

What happens In earth space under influence of magnetic monopole? In Finland has created synthetic magnetic monopole In lab of aalto University. Your finnish space cat Harri.

[BillyBoy]

I wonder then would gravity be less in that region and also could it affect aircraft?

[astropgn]

Is it only a problem for electronics above atmosphere, or does it affect the ground as well? I live right below the region where the field is the weakest, but I never heard about this outside the context of Astronomy.

[atmrtwbike]

Great video! Question: Does this anomaly only cause problems in orbirt, or also on Earth's surface?

[jacklee]

How does the Hubble space telescope take these long exposures like the (Ultra) Deep Field images if it passes by the SAA-region 15 times a day? Surely, the CCD would need to shut down as well?

[steffenwennerstrand]

Should I be worried about this and the electronics on the ground? 😊

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