January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
...appropriate for target environments can be developed. The NEA Scout, scheduled to launch in 2018, will use its solar sail propulsion system to send the spacecraft to flyby asteroid 1991VG and conduct reconnaissance of it (Figure 2). Figure 2 - Artist...
June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... activity cover such a short period of time, we have to turn to indirect measures or ‘proxies’ of solar activity from the past. The largest solar events - CMEs, solar flares and energetic particle events - generally come together. This means that...
April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...Station with dimensions of around 100 m. Space-based solar power is the sustainable replacement the world needs The ... current baseload technologies rely on fossil fuels. Space-based solar power is the sustainable replacement the world needs. The UK’s...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
...with the transmission array to the right and the receivers to the left. Sustainable development The use of solar energy could support various international terrestrial initiatives including the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular...
31 January 2020
First images of new solar telescope produces most detailed images of the Sun
... work by a large team devoted to designing and building a premier solar research observatory, we are close to the finish line. I'm extremely ... propagate into the solar system where the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter missions will measure...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... July 2015. At the core of this question is the abundance of volatile-rich planetesimals migrated from the outer Solar System (ie, beyond Jupiter). Observations of increasing abundance of C-type asteroids across the main belt inferred from telescopic...
