December 2014
MAVEN and the evolution of Mars
...for important constituents, including hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. This includes the effects of solar activity and ‘space weather’ on escape rates, thought to be a potential missing link in accounting for larger early losses under a more active young...
10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... to better understand and predict periods of stormy ‘space weather’. Solar storms have the potential to knock out power... grids, disrupt air traffic and telecommunications, and endanger space-walking astronauts, for example. “As humans, we have ...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
... fluxes in solar particles are high they can help deflect harmful cosmic rays. But can adapting to space weather as opposed to going against it really help astronauts? To predict just what radiation levels astronauts could be exposed to inside...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
...Obama White House took formal note of the problem. The US President issued a new Executive Order concerning Space Weather noting the importance of cosmic hazards and outlined the responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... events. Target satellites are identified. There are three components to SSA: space weather: monitoring solar activity such as solar wind, etc, which can affect space-borne infrastructure or endanger human life or health near-Earth objects: detecting...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... first two without ensuring their protection. Therein lies the third Accelerator: the protection of space assets from space debris and space weather threats. Beyond this, we also need our own ‘giant leap’ moment to inspire young Europeans...
