26 November 2015
Russian research scientist and mathematician recognized for space weather research
... can provide integral information in predicting if space-bourne equipment is likely to malfunction due to conditions such as solar storms. Dr. Podladchikova’s research aims to tackle these problems and provide answers to the challenges and threats...
06 December 2019
Parker Solar Probe reveals major new insights on the Sun
... warning for solar storms. Among the findings are new understandings of how the Sun's constant outflow of solar wind – ... of Michigan who serves as principal investigator for Parker's Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite. ...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... radiation exposure, though anyone working on the Martian surface would need to remain close to appropriate shelters in case of solar storms or an intense SPE, for which a deep space SPE alert warning system would need to be created. Higher energy...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...more cost-effective space transportation systems such as solar powered electric propulsion. If one could develop ... create structures in space to defend our planet against extreme solar storms, and new types of space infrastructure to provide new forms...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
...and natural disasters originating in space. Among these, I categorise the 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...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... tools towards a sustainable future and has a record in raising awareness of emerging risks - including The Impact of Solar Storms on Power Systems published by Swiss Re in cooperation with Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) - and opportunities brought...
