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...
December 2014
Rosetta revelations: the fabric of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
..., thus allowing us to follow the evolution of the comet from cold space to when it gets warmed up by the Sun. It’s also the ...rugged, probably very pristine material not yet softened by space weathering and sublimation. It looks almost like the comet ...
17 October 2015
Photos released of large hole in sun’s corona
... predictions of visibility further south later had to be revised. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Centre on Wednesday forecast continued activity through Friday, though at a lower level, as the hole...
29 November 2019
Hera mission is approved as ESA receives biggest ever budget
...such as the Athena X-ray telescope, the Lisa space-based gravitational wave observatory, and the Clearspace active ... lucky. ESA’s Lagrange space weather mission that would provide timely and accurate space weather information has been limited to...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... the place we see today,” says Apostolos. “The space between the newly-formed planets was full of debris and...lunar-like in composition through millions or billions of years of space weathering. Alternatively, the object came from Mars itself. “The ...
