01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
...as it orbits the planet. During the time the Moon spends behind Earth – in the full Moon phase – it is inside the magnetosphere ... effects of one high-speed shock wave that barrelled towards Earth, travelling at 1.7 million miles per hour. The shock ...
July 2016
Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again
... star formation regions (cold partially ionised plasmas), the interstellar medium (very tenuous hot plasma), etc. On Earth we have atmospheric lightning (short duration plasma channels), the ionosphere (ionised by radiation from the Sun), discharges...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... debris. Even climate change - a complex issue that involves the interaction of human industry and solar radiation on Earth’s atmosphere - is a form of solar threat, though this is not addressed here. A long filament erupted on the Sun on 31 August...
June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... taken place. They include securing a dedicated, operational solar-wind monitoring spacecraft stationed between Sun and Earth, at a distance of 1.5 million km. This was achieved with the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft. NOAA has...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
...needed before crews venture far beyond the vicinity of Earth. Gateway life support evolution Despite all of the progress...mission capabilities and also reduce the spare parts needed from Earth to maintain the equipment. Finally, the most important ...
31 August 2020
"Dry" meteorites unlock the origin of Earth's water
... These meteorites are known as enstatite chondrite and on Earth they constitute roughly two percent of known meteorites in ...: ones that were not altered on their asteroid nor on Earth," said lead author Laurette Piani, a researcher at CPRG. ...
