July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... satellite. Bottom panel shows extreme UV images from the SOHO/ EIT telescope with the bulk solar wind speed measured by the ACE satellite superimposed. The largest flares are associated with significantly enhanced proton...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
..., to chemical analysis of dust and gas, to studying the interaction of the comet with its environment (the solar wind), will give us a much better understanding of: how comets work; where the material comes from; how the...
March 2015
Shipping, the environment and satellite AIS
... marine pollution, traffic exclusion zones and precautionary areas have been established. Precautionary areas might envelop wind farms or oil and gas fields, and apply to vessels of a certain size. Vessels may be prohibited from entering...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
..., wild temperature variations once there, delays and breaks in communication opportunities with ground and exposure to solar wind and cosmic radiation are just some of the factors that combine to stress a satellite’s on board control systems...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
... drives connections between the Sun and the heliosphere; how and where the outward flowing ‘solar wind’ plasma and magnetic field originate in the Sun’s outer atmosphere; and how transient magnetic activity on the...
June 2015
Hubble’s 25th Anniversary
... dust and gas in the pillars is seared by the intense radiation from young stars and eroded by strong winds from massive nearby stars. With these new images comes better contrast and a clearer view for...
