10 December 2021
Extreme exoplanet changes the picture about massive stars as planet hosts
... around a star more than three times as massive as the Sun. Finding a planet around b Centauri therefore completely changes the picture about massive stars as planet hosts, explains Markus Janson, an astronomer at Stockholm University, Sweden and...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
... after return from their space mission, these data additionally highlight the persistence of these ocular structural changes. These findings are mainly ascribed to structural remodelling of the ocular region in response to the cephalad fluid shift...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... could serve as an invaluable contribution towards the attainment of SDG 13. For instance, satellite imagery reflecting adverse climate change could be used in weather reports and news broadcasts to better inform and inspire climate action from the...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... human psyche, it may be unrealistic to truly establish the third quarter model as the only temporal pattern to represent changes in performance and health during missions in extreme settings, including in space. But across many research projects the...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
...Crater locations explored by Curiosity) and the subsurface (as seen by Opportunity on the rim of Endeavour Crater). Later, conditions changed and early in the Hesperian period of Mars’ history (roughly 3.7 billion years ago) waters became more acidic...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... space component. Copernicus is Europe’s answer to global needs, allowing us to manage the environment, to mitigate the effects of climate change and to ensure civil security. The Sentinel missions, the first of which was launched in 2014, are based...
