October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
...intelligence and data relay. Science missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a programme designed to help us .... The Yarkovsky-O’Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) effect involves solar energy heating the body in question. As the asteroid ...
22 August 2017
Total eclipse wows viewers in the US
... in the day. It was the first total solar eclipse visible in the continental United States in 38 years and...eclipse the glowing-white corona can be seen with simple hand-held solar viewers. How the corona maintains such a high temperature – which ...
12 May 2021
Scientists discover liquid water inside a meteorite
... finding which provides direct evidence of the dynamic evolution of the solar system. On this planet at least, water is key to life... chondrite meteorite from the early history of the solar system is an important achievement for planetary science ...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
...and adopted the Constitution. In addition, Asgardia’s cryptocurrency Solar,SOL has been registered with the European Union’s ...network of satellites to help protect Earth against asteroids, solar flares, man-made space debris and other space hazards....
June 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
...cycles. Measurements from different observatories have adjusted to a common scale (image courtesy of NASA and Greg Kopp) Solar activity is typically defined in terms of the number of sunspots observed on the surface of the Sun. Sunspots are localised...
July 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... programmes to save Earth and deploy space systems that can provide protection from asteroids, comets, solar radiation and solar ionic eruptions. It seems to me that it is time to re-examine the prime mission of space agencies. The prime strategic...
