February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
...is a notionally spherical cloud of small bodies that orbit the Sun within interstellar space, at distances of a large fraction of a... by humanity are puny compared to a star Both the Sun and the nuclear explosion emit radiation over a broad wavelength ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... to explore in our Solar System with smaller spacecraft? The Sun is an obvious target, since we can cost-effectively send ..., including its interaction with the solar wind. Observing our Sun The Sun is a massive, roiling, dynamic object at the centre ...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
...not exist except for the protection that our atmosphere and ozone layer provide us against the Sun’s radiation. Modern society is heavily dependent on a sophisticated electronic infrastructure that is highly vulnerable to cosmic dangers. Solar storms...
12 October 2016
Proxima Centauri reveals yet more intrigue as a cycle of dramatic sunspots is observed
... more than 100 sunspots cover less than one percent of the Sun's surface on average. Now, a new study by scientists at...field lines to break through the visible surface (photosphere) of the Sun. As the lines break through the surface, one sunspot of ...
