April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
... coil to make such a large magnetic field. One of the really interesting consequences of this phenomenon is that as the solar wind moves so fast, it has a lot of power (drag x velocity). If you can intercept it, then you have access to power...
06 December 2019
Parker Solar Probe reveals major new insights on the Sun
... Sun – and how the solar wind couples with solar rotation. Seen near Earth, the solar wind plasma appears to be a relatively... Michigan who serves as principal investigator for Parker's Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite. ...
10 August 2018
Fiery inferno awaits NASA's Parker Solar Probe
...equipped with four instrument suites designed to study plasma, magnetic fields, energetic particles, and image the solar wind. The Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons investigation, or SWEAP, will gather data on the most abundant particles in the...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
... both the craft and comet. Packed on board Solar Orbiter is a Solar Wind Plasma Analyzer (SWA). This instrument will be able ...known as Interplanetary Field Enhancements, IFEs, are another solar wind phenomenon that may be observed around the time of ...
11 March 2019
LAMP shows migrating water molecules on the Moon
...of the Moon's surface water came from hydrogen ions in the solar wind, and as such, this thin veneer of water droplets would ...up over time, rather than "rain" down directly from the solar wind. "Lunar hydration is tricky to measure from orbit, due to...
01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
...into a windsock-like shape due to the pressure from solar wind particles. If the wind after the shock wave is strong enough, it can... a shockwave – such as at times when the solar wind blows sideways – suggesting the exposure could occur even more...
