January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
.... For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has expressed interest in placing a long-duration solar storm warning spacecraft closer to the Sun, yet always between the Earth and Sun, so as to enable rapid warning...
December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
... can affect surface-to-ground, ground-to-surface and surface-to-surface communications. Ionospheric currents generated by solar storms can induce unwanted currents in long conductors on the ground. First obtaining an understanding, by robotic means...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...for protecting future research bases and colonies from both solar storms and cosmic rays, plus micrometeoroids. Working with ... designed a Mars habitat specifically suited to withstand dust storms and harsh climates on the red planet. Producing food...
31 January 2020
First images of new solar telescope produces most detailed images of the Sun
...drives space weather and ultimately help forecasters better predict solar storms." Illuminating what we know about our nearest star...'s plasma. Twisted magnetic fields can lead to solar storms that can negatively affect our technology-dependent modern ...
10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... it has the potential to disrupt everyday life should we be in the firing line of a powerful solar storm,” says Günther Hasinger, ESA Director of Science. "Solar Orbiter is going to do amazing things. Combined with the other recently launched NASA...
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
..., who spent 33½ hours on the Moon in 1971, received the highest exposure of any of the crews due to active solar storms. This energy causes a cascade of high energy photons, free electrons and sometimes neutrons to be generated. These particles...
