16 November 2020
Venus didn't lose water to space, new study says
...doctoral thesis last week, found that variations in the solar wind and the solar radiation affect how many ions escape. On ...going backwards in time, taking into account how the solar wind evolves over time. Persson’s results suggest that contrary to ...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... infrared sounding observations from geostationary orbit that will result in three-dimensional information on humidity, temperature, and wind to support Nowcasting. The series will comprise six satellites: four MTG-I imaging and two MTG-S sounding...
December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... counterpart to a comet tail consists of, and where the material goes. Several other instruments, including a magnetometer, solar wind analysers, and energetic solar particle detectors, observe the space environment conditions that affect the escape...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
...deployed in a variety of locations, although they do require fortuitous wind conditions to fly over a desired area. Less infrastructure would ..., without the need for airports and maintenance facilities. Wind can be a limiting factor in the way that ...
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...
