December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
...very rugged, probably very pristine material not yet softened by space weathering and sublimation. It looks almost like the comet ...gas, to studying the interaction of the comet with its environment (the solar wind), will give us a much better ...
December 2014
Terraforming Mars: from CFCs to Total Recall
...to terraform another planet. That is, to redesign its surface environment so that it is similar to Earth. Our closest neighbour,...studies of nitrogen isotopes, but lost most of it to space over time from solar wind stripping and other atmospheric loss ...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... a long integration time. Hence, other missions under formulation include a rendezvous and even a lander. The Japanese space agency JAXA is even proposing an ambitious mission with a solar-sail spacecraft that would perform a sample return...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
... in most cases. The initial costs of putting the space component and ground infrastructure in place is relatively high, ... continuing to expand, providing air photo quality images from space at regular intervals. Near future Few people will consider ...
01 July 2020
How Earth’s protective magnetic bubble can ‘flap’ over the Moon
...Artemis programme, using two satellites to study the lunar space environment. The data from the missions showed that the strong... to understand the area’s particle radiation environment, which can potentially damage electronics and humans during storm ...
October 2017
Colouring our view of the oceans
...now so advanced that they can actually observe algae from space, a capability first demonstrated 40 years ago when the ... to keeping an eye on the health of our planet’s living environments by tracking the ever-shifting water hues: OLCI, the Ocean and...
