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The solar wind simulations are carried out in a vacuum chamber that sits on top of a large transmission line, which delivers the electrical current needed to run the experiments. PHOTOGRAPH BY MAGPIE GROUP, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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The Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments, or MAGPIE, is a two-storey machine housed within the basement of Imperial College London. PHOTOGRAPH BY L. SUTTLE & J.D. HARE, MAGPIE GROUP, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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The experimental setup for MAGPIE, seen while the machine is not in use. PHOTOGRAPH OF MAGPIE GROUP, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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This image shows the model sun, a cylindrical arrangement of wires that gets vaporized by an intense pulse of electricity. This causes a stream of fast plasma wind to be ejected onto a magnetized metal rod, which replicates the presence of a planetary bod
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