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, ...
February 2023
The scientific basis for lunar helium-3 production
...the regolith, the regolith must first be isolated from the solar wind stream by placing it in a special sealed vacuum vessel, ...regolith, the regolith must first be isolated from the solar wind stream by placing it in a special sealed vacuum vessel The...
14 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...
01 November 2017
Voyager 1 spies unexpected light at the outer edges of the Solar System
...analysis shows that the theoretical boundary where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the local interstellar medium has a lot... is the boundary of the heliosphere that separates the solar wind plasma (a soup of ionised gas made up of of positive...
