13 February 2019
Magnetopause makes Earth one enormous drum
...scientists have long thought that the abrupt boundary between Earth’s magnetic field and the solar wind – the magnetopause – acted much ...of our planet, the slinky’s two ends represent the Earth’s magnetic poles and they act as the rim or edge of the ...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... the system of Galilean satellites, and its unique magnetic and plasma interactions with the surrounding Jovian environment. ...investigate the exosphere, and study Ganymede’s intrinsic magnetic field and its interactions with the Jovian magnetosphere. ...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... research of the Earth’s land, sea, gravity and magnetic field. These satellites will form a space-based Earth observation ...relatively high, at about 1000 km altitude, to increase their field of view. Imaging satellites, on the other hand, are ...
13 January 2016
High-energy theory models questioned as neutron star produces most energetic pulsed emission radiation ever detected
... second and is surrounded by a region of intense magnetic fields, ten thousand billion times stronger than that of the Sun. The ...rotation of the magnetic field is so strong it is enough to dominate the motion...
December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
..., such as surface liquid water, solar distance and history, planet mass and size, and possibly planetary magnetic field, can greatly alter the fate of a terrestrial planet. The extrasolar planetary systems harbouring terrestrial planets that...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
..., and public health. Radiation Radiation is a major challenge for human space travel. Away from Earth’s protective magnetic field, two key types of radiation are of concern: solar particle events (SPE), which largely consist of low-energy...
