03 November 2016
MUSE instrument produces spectacular new images of the Carina Nebula
... stars are known to have a considerable effect on their surroundings, as they tend to blast out large quantities of ionising radiation. However, observing this effect has been proven difficult. McLeod's team analysed the effect of this energetic...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... powerful enough to run classic terrestrial software yet be safe enough that occasional restarts due to faulty software or radiation effects would be acceptable. No idea, no matter how outside-thebox, will be rejected a priori. The OPS-SAT objective...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... to measuring Earth’s wind fields. EarthCARE: With a target launch date in 2018, the Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission is being implemented in cooperation with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Its aim...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... that remain in those rooms (using various cleaning methods, such as the before-mentioned cleaning agents, plus radiation, etc.) has led to the opposite of the desired effect: scientists accidentally ended up ‘breeding’ a number of very resistant...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...water. Returning cold water serves as a massive transparent radiation shield and an architectural pressure-medium for dome habitats... 1 Gev, shielding the site from nearly all solar flare radiation and more than half of galactic cosmic rays. Likewise, ...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... restrictions are needed to maintain temperatures within acceptable ranges for motors, lubricants, electronics and other components. 3. Radiation. High-energy charged particles bathe the space environment, being emitted both by the sun and galactic...
