15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
... Sun will now place it downstream of the comet in the solar wind in a position that will potentially allow the craft to perform an ... as Interplanetary Field Enhancements, IFEs, are another solar wind phenomenon that may be observed around the time of ...
12 September 2018
Birth of new star from a supernova seen for first time
... saw direct evidence of it at this unique time frame," Milisavljevic said. "This a key moment when the pulsar wind nebula is bright enough to act like a lightbulb illuminating the explosion's outer ejecta." "If we return to some of these events...
11 March 2019
LAMP shows migrating water molecules on the Moon
...the Moon's surface water came from hydrogen ions in the solar wind, and as such, this thin veneer of water droplets would ... over time, rather than "rain" down directly from the solar wind. "Lunar hydration is tricky to measure from orbit, due to the...
05 June 2019
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
...-submersible barge around 12.06pm local time (0406 GMT), it lofted a pair of “technical experiment” probes, called Bufeng, or Wind Catchers, and five commercial satellites into an orbit around 600 kilometres above the Earth. The...
19 March 2019
New data from InSight shows a contrasting Mars
... InSight team. Meanwhile, back on the surface, monitoring the temperature and endlessly blowing wind is TWINS. TWINS, which stands for Temperature and Winds for InSight, is part of a round-the-clock weather station called the Auxiliary...
01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
... a windsock-like shape due to the pressure from solar wind particles. If the wind after the shock wave is strong enough, it can cause... a shockwave – such as at times when the solar wind blows sideways – suggesting the exposure could occur even more ...
