June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... and understand how exactly it is released. The spacecraft will be powered by a single-sided, three-panelled solar array that uses Optical Solar Reflectors (OSRs) for temperature control and can provide up to 1000 W of electrical power during full...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... unique to Mars and not seen elsewhere in the solar system. The giant impact also triggered the internal dynamo...by basaltic sands of volcanic origin transported by the wind. The solar arrays on NASA’s InSight lander are deployed in this test inside ...
02 December 2016
GREGOR helps scientists take a closer look at the Sun
... to be extended to tracking an active region over several days. Something that may be possible as one of world's most powerful solar telescopes, with its combination of high spatial resolution and high magnetic field sensitivity, springs into action...
01 June 2018
Largest discovery of trans-Neptunian objects released
...A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than 30...allows researchers to understand many different aspects of the outer Solar System, such as how the formation of TNO’s ties...
06 March 2019
Growing food from thin air to feed astronauts
...be sourced from whatever means necessary. If your off the grid, then solar panels, be they on a spaceship or hoisted on a pole in .... Sounds like a win-win situation. “The method of Solar Foods for producing protein arose from a desire to produce food...
29 January 2020
Material older than the Sun found unexpectedly where it shouldn't be
...revise what they think conditions were like in the early solar nebula. Our Solar System is around 4.6 billion years old. It grew ... as they are a window into conditions in the early Solar System. It is generally excepted that the fragile nature of...
