13 March 2020
ESA and NASA select first science instruments to send to Gateway
....” NASA’s first investigation to fly aboard the Gateway is a Sun-oriented space weather experiment to observe solar particles and solar wind. These phenomena are unpredictable and can cause violent outbursts of radiation that could hit astronauts...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... orbit, wild temperature variations once there, delays and breaks in communication opportunities with ground and exposure to solar wind and cosmic radiation are just some of the factors that combine to stress a satellite’s on board control systems...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... them from external sources. It manoeuvred around them using tiny micro-newton thrusters to oppose solar radiation pressure and the solar wind of particles, sensing the test mass motion and adjusting its own to compensate, essentially flying...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... fusion reactions without generating large amounts of radioactive waste. Helium-3 is deposited into lunar regolith by the solar wind and is not readily available on Earth. Even before President Trump started asserting rights for physical expansion...
17 October 2015
Photos released of large hole in sun’s corona
..., or corona, stretched for the equivalent of 50 Earths, Space.com reported. The hole’s size has generated a stronger solar wind, which brought more intensity and a wider reach to the aurora borealis earlier this month. Visibility reached...
20 January 2016
Our view of Van Allen belts set to be revolutionised by new data from NASA probes
...prone to alteration when they interact with high-speed solar wind streams or coronal mass ejections emanating from the Sun... measuring," said Reeves. As the declining phase of the solar cycle approaches, researchers have learned that this is often when...
