22 February 2021
Not stars, but 25,000 supermassive black holes!
... distant galaxies and quasars, to help understand how aspects of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) work, to study the magnetosphere of exoplanets and to provide insights into the large-scale structure of the Universe, amongst other things. If you...
10 May 2021
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
...improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun. These include, Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere (STORM); HelioSwarm: The Nature of Turbulence in Space Plasmas; Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE); Auroral Reconstruction...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
... through Energetic X-rays), a scientific investigation mission that aims to better understand the influence of the magnetosphere on the Earth’s upper atmosphere through energetic particle precipitation (EPP). “These innovative partnerships benefit...
16 October 2020
BepiColombo’s first glimpse of Venus
... in order to enter orbit around Mercury. BepiColombo, which comprises ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is scheduled to reach its target orbit around the smallest...
13 January 2021
The UK Space Agency and Rolls-Royce launch study into nuclear-powered space exploration
... increases the longer you spend in deep space, away from the bubble of protection given by the Earth’s magnetosphere. The appeal of a small nuclear power generator for propulsion also comes from the fact that power...
