11 July 2018
High hopes for Hi-C mission to reveal secrets of the Sun
... of the coronal heating begins. “This is the first combined simultaneous dataset that covers the entire solar atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, transition region and corona) at sub-arcsecond resolution,” said principal investigator for IRIS and...
17 September 2018
Newly discovered vortex on Saturn could be part of a huge towering structure
...’s north pole; a region that is now warming up as it nears the Saturnian summertime. And, like Saturn's other famous atmospheric phenomena that dominates the body of this enigmatic gas giant, this too is hexagonal-shaped. It is perhaps no coincidence...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
..., coated with dense clouds of sulphuric acid and an atmosphere composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide. That kind of...In order to lose heat fast enough we need an atmosphere that’s almost completely transparent. Scientists believe every watery world...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... the Earth from a massive solar storm, modulating solar radiation to reduce climate change and overheating of the atmosphere? It is more than a little thrilling to think of an invention that could literally save the world. One of my forebears, Lester...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
.... Significant effort and safety precautions are required during ground operations and full-body Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble suits, also known as SCAPE suits, need to be worn at all times. Refuelling needs to be done on-site...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
...which will accommodate a bio-regenerative life-support system (BLSS), a closed artificial ecosystem to provide a sustainable basic atmosphere, food and water supply chain and waste management procedures. Numerous terrestrial analogues have been built...
