August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... Destinations So where can we reasonably expect to explore in our Solar System with smaller spacecraft? The Sun is an obvious target, ... magnetic field, including its interaction with the solar wind. Observing our Sun The Sun is a massive, roiling, dynamic...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
...) on the other hand, will study the gaseous interaction between Mercury’s surface, exosphere, magnetosphere and the solar wind and interplanetary medium. A further seven instruments–MGNS (Mercury Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer), MIXS (Mercury...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...Such disturbances typically occur more frequently during periods of maximum sunspot number and coincide with changes in solar wind conditions causing a distortion of Earth’s magnetosphere. This can occur, for example, when large amounts of plasma are...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
...Canada, suffered an electrical power blackout casued by a solar storm. Although considerably less powerful than the Carrington ...colleagues. Such a system could also help to prevent the solar wind from stripping away the atmosphere on Mars, to help ...
November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
...characterise the speed, density and magnetic properties of solar wind streams as they pass L5 – typically reaching Earth ...the Southwest Research Institute (US), it will monitor the middle solar corona for early signs of flare or CME activity Compact ...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
... where it will face blistering temperatures of up to 500°C. Solar Orbiter’s mission objective is to collect data on the Sun’s turbulent solar surface, its hot outer atmosphere and changes in the solar wind with a combination of ten in situ and remote...
