...specialised space companies announces the development of a new Earth Observation satellite called ‘MANTIS’. This name stands as... is very excited to work on this next generation Earth Observation satellite. This project shows that bringing together the...
..., and thus are harmless. A collision with a larger body, however, could have very serious consequences. If the Earth were to collide with an object of about a kilometre in diameter, the energy released would be similar to a combined explosion of all...
... requirement however does throw a spanner in the works when Earth’s early years are taken into consideration. There is an ...starting around 700 million years ago. Consequently, a frozen Earth would mean that there would be no, or hardly any,...
...gravitational perturbations to their orbits, and migrating closer to Earth. Depending on details of their current orbits, NEOs are... telescopes can detect NEOs on orbits interior to the Earth more efficiently than ground-based telescopes. In practice, ...
... following seven as the most dangerous threats: Solar storms and flares, known as coronal mass ejections. Changes in Earth’s magnetosphere which result in the destruction of the protective shield that could deflect coronal mass ejections. Potentially...
...When the pulses of solar wind reach Earth, they energise Earth’s magnetosphere, accelerating electrons and protons trapped...developed a magnetic reference model that accurately specifies Earth’s internal and external magnetic fields for users requiring...