... exposure as people on Earth, the ISS is still somewhat protected from space radiation by the Earth’s magnetosphere. Mars has no magnetosphere and a very thin atmosphere, so galactic cosmic rays, solar particles, and ultraviolet radiation hit its...
... assessment complexity and definition of the hazard scenario. The SMILE aims to form an accurate picture of solar-terrestrial magnetospheric physics. A joint Europe/China project with launch planned for 2023, it will observe the solar wind...
... that allows a tracker device to provide up-to-date information on the current state of the radiation belts in the Earth’s magnetosphere and hence predict its evolution to safeguard satellites from a bombardment of high-energy particles. The team are...
...1.5 million kilometres out in space, to mitigate the effects of the Earth’s diminishing natural shielding provided by the Earth’s magnetosphere, preventing a major blast of coronal mass ejected ions from the Sun from destroying the Earth’s electronic...
...on our ability to understand the fundamental physics at work on the Sun, in the interplanetary medium and in the Earth’s magnetosphere. Enhancing our understanding of this star on our doorstep will increase our ability to predict its future behaviour...
... (ESA). The initial mission, which was dedicated to the study of interactions between solar winds and terrestrial magnetosphere, was soon followed by two additional Cluster II satellites on 9 August. Three years later, another ESA mission, Mars...