11 March 2019
LAMP shows migrating water molecules on the Moon
...most of the Moon's surface water came from hydrogen ions in the solar wind, and as such, this thin veneer of water droplets would...up over time, rather than "rain" down directly from the solar wind. "Lunar hydration is tricky to measure from orbit, due...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... one another constantly, and when merged with solar activity, coalesce to affect communications and navigation around...disruptions. Similarly, when the Sun’s surface erupts in solar flares, flurries of energised particles make their way towards ...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
The concept of a ‘Moon village’, introduced in 2016 by Director General of the European Space Agency, Jan Wörner, isn’t an active project or a space programme in the traditional sense. Rather, it represents an intention or vision for spaceflight and...
January 2021
Developing the economy of a space nation
As Chair of Parliament for Asgardia, the space nation, Lembit Öpik is centrally involved in working to fully establish all the elements of its operational digital democracy. In this account, he shares developments from the closing stages of the year...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
...Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia, the solar particles will help deflect another type of hazardous particle... flight to Mars and back is during the decaying phase of solar activity. For a mission to last four years, average shielding ...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
... space, or the irradiation of dust and gas within the Solar System. Aiming to narrow down the answer, researchers in the... is consistent with what happened during the formation of the Solar System five billion years ago,” Forbes said. “Although this...
