10 August 2016
Dellingr CubeSat Begins Environmental Testing
... the ionosphere - the outer region of Earth’s atmosphere populated by charged particles, ionized by incoming solar radiation and magnetospheric particle precipitation. Named after the Norse god of dawn, Dellingr is barely bigger than a cereal box and...
10 October 2016
Risk of chronic dementia for astronauts heading to Mars
... same level of bombardment with galactic cosmic rays because they are still within the Earth's protective magnetosphere, those on a long journey to Mars would have months/years for such impairments to develop. Accordingly, ways in which...
18 October 2016
Plans for first ever Space nation "Asgardia" announced today
... seven threats in our classification system: sun storms and flares, known as coronal mass ejections; changes in Earth's magnetosphere that destroy the effective protective layer of our planet; potentially dangerous asteroids and comets; man-made...
31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
... by untangling the different magnetic fields that stem from Earth’s core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere – an process that is expected to take at least four years. GPS receivers, much like the ones used frequently...
02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
... ESO and JAXA mission is made up of two spacecraft, the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and it is due to reach its destination in 2025. Nearer to home, the deadline is looming close for...
25 July 2018
Radiation on Europa dictates where search for life begins
...at spotting signs of life – dealing with the continued bombardment of charged particle radiation emanating from Jupiter’s magnetosphere; an attribute that has the potential to alter or decimate any potential biosignatures on Europa’s surface. Seeking...
