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...
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 ...
31 May 2017
NASA to 'touch the Sun' with Parker Solar Probe
.... His work describes an entire complex system of magnetic fields, plasmas and energetic particles that make up the solar wind phenomenon. Accordingly, NASA has dedicated its latest mission in honour of Parker’s accomplishments within the field. “This...
10 February 2022
SpaceX Starlink satellites fall out of sky after storm
...SpaceX caused by an unexpected sting in the tail from a solar storm might also have been exacerbated by a design error or quality ...SpaceX. Geomagnetic storms are the result of interactions between solar wind - a stream of charged particles from the sun -...
