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...
08 September 2017
The solar systems most powerful auroras are still a mystery
...that powerful electric potentials, aligned with Jupiter's magnetic field, accelerate electrons toward the Jovian atmosphere at energies... like Earth, and distant astrophysical systems where magnetic fields hold sway, such as early-stage star forming...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... been emitted from the Sun. The particles and the electric and magnetic fields that guide their motion, coupled with Earth’s own magnetic field all combine to influence one another constantly, and when merged with solar...
