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...
June 2015
The book of flight
... the weather prediction centre or from other pilots who report turbulence and other hazardous situations like wind-shear. At present, such information is not automatically relayed efficiently to other pilots. Right now, it’s through air traffic...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... elements. The rovers will identify and collect the local fine regolith sources available from aeolian, or wind-created, deposits within craters and beds and transport them to the habitat site. First, the sintering...
January 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
... planets are modelled with their present masses, most of the planetesimals initially situated between the planets wind up ejected from the Solar System, and very few survive past 100 My of simulation time. [15][35] Modern simulations...
January 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... wherever possible. Cities are the biggest consumers of energy, so alternative ways of producing energy must be explored - using wind, the Sun or other renewable energy sources. The ISS, for example, is powered solely by solar energy. Astronauts...
