June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
..., Solar Orbiter will study in unprecedented detail how our Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the bubble of space filled with particles and fields in which the Earth orbits. It will answer questions such as: how...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
.... Duration of flash about 0.15 second. This is more or less what a space nuclear explosion would look like, an expanding bubble of hot glowing plasma We can make some rough estimates for crowding in the EKB. The belt extends...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... an early investor in Planetary Resources. Navain Jain, a multi-millionaire who made his fortune before the Dotcom bubble burst, is a founding partner of Moon Express, an American company which hopes to acquire rights to mine the Moon. Drawing...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... to those that embrace the idea the status may never be quo again as we sail out of the closed bubble. If we do these and the other things, in years to come this decade will be seen as the beginning of the Frontier...
March 2017
Planetary nebulae may hold clue in search of helium-3
... ejected envelopes of the star often create stunning and complex nebula that can take on forms from bubbles to butterflies - the butterfly or bug nebula (NGC 6302) is a classic example of how stellar winds can shape the...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... EO landscape may radically change in the coming years. While some experts warn about a possible new internet ‘bubble’, two considerations moderate the relevance of this analogy. First, technology has evolved and new small satellites...
