10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... Sun’s hot outer atmosphere and changes in the solar wind. Remote-sensing payloads will perform high-resolution imaging of ... the solar disc. In situ instruments will measure the solar wind and the solar magnetic field in the vicinity of the orbiter....
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
... Sentinel missions, which are part of the Copernicus programme, will aid in identifying potential sites for solar or wind power generation. However, a fair amount of unmet demand was found to be remaining, which underwent further analysis. In each...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
... an organised structure of belts and zones, with powerful winds forming eastward and westward jets that encircle the planet. The... new material is blown around the planet by the prevailing winds, creating a storm system that evolves from a single white...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... lunar magnetosphere protecting its tenuous atmosphere from the solar wind and allowing Earth’s early atmosphere a pathway to be...lunar soil - protected against the ravages of the solar wind. Observations of the nitrogen embedded in lunar soils, ...
13 December 2015
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover observes sand dunes two stories tall
... minerals by water. Knowing how mineral grains are sorted away from heavier olivine-rich grains by the wind's effects, could help researchers to evaluate which method is responsible for the differing amounts of olivine deposited in some...
30 August 2017
Star formation history of the Universe revealed
...,” said Falgarone. “Our results challenge the theory of galaxy evolution. By driving turbulence in the reservoirs, these galactic winds extend the starburst phase instead of quenching it.” This suggestion helps bolster the current theory that either...
