May 2018
PLATO the habitable zone explorer
... like those that uncovered 51 Peg b give mass but not radius, so making those measurements in combination with transit observations is a powerful combination. In fact, this is currently the best way to understand the planets that we discover, but for...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
...to each other and are made of alternating solid 10 x 10 cm profiles and 5 x 10 cm double-T profiles with central openings. The combination of these profiles saves weight and also allows a controlled thermal circulation through the openings within the...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... are others too, such as hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN), also called AF-M315E, and proprietary bipropellant combinations of hydrogen peroxide combined with the hydrocarbon NHMF (non-toxic hypergolic miscible fuel). These new non-toxic alternatives...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
... mechanisms. As the galactic collision triggered a burst of star formation and reshaped the original spiral galaxy, they combined with gravitational forces to distort, twist and amplify the smaller-scale magnetic fields. Similar merging processes...
10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... their instruments’ operations according to the most recent observations of the Sun surface.” Solar Orbiter will use a combination of 10 in situ and remote-sensing instruments to observe the turbulent solar surface, the Sun’s hot outer atmosphere...
December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
...potential for future long-term human presence. These, and a combination of adventure, inspiration and politics, have led to the current .... They will help constrain assumptions regarding how combinations of circumstances, such as surface liquid water,...
