10 May 2016
When sunspots are minimal, the solar magnetic field is at a maximum, say researchers
... by a team of international researchers, has revealed that during times of its grand minimum phase - a period of unusually low solar activity – the Sun’s magnetic field is actually at a maximum and that it may hide at the bottom of the convection...
27 June 2017
New Roll-Out Solar Array tested at the ISS
... a potential ‘standard’ in future satellites that make use of solar arrays, NASA has also been eyeing up the technology for use... a technique to deploy very large surface areas of flexible solar arrays, doing that efficiently with low risk. It’s more ...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
... assembly phase in a clean room environment including constant nitrogen purging of the instruments right through to launch. The Solar Orbiter mechanical and thermal model in the clean room at the test facility in Germany. Careful thruster placement...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...data-based solutions to the forecasting of Dst values from solar wind measurements. The solutions must be impervious to sensor... operationally viable constraints and (3) use specified real-time solar wind data feeds. All prize-winning solutions will be...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
...thermocouple to act as a discriminator between the sunlit and dark side of the Moon, so producing energy on an ongoing basis. Solar cell or quantum dot power generation could produce energy with high efficiency, especially in the ultraviolet spectrum...
16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
... Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM); HelioSwarm: The Nature of Turbulence in Space Plasmas; Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE); Auroral Reconstruction CubeSwarm (ARCS) and Solaris: Revealing the Mysteries of the Sun’s Poles. The...
