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Solar Orbiter was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection as it was About to Make a Flyby of Venus
Massive solar storms on the Sun are becoming more common as it moves into a period of increasing solar activity as part of Solar Cycle 25, which is expected to peak in 2025. There’s one spacecraft that will be very well placed to capture that increasing activity. Solar Orbiter is currently 25% of the way through its ten-year mission of observing the Sun. By 2025 it will be closer than ever to our parent star, and it has already started observing some fantastic phenomena from our Sun.
'Lobster Nebula' glows red in stunning new image from dark energy hunter
A camera designed to decode the secrets of dark energy has captured a stunning new image that reveals the insides of a distant star-forming region.
European sun spacecraft spots mysterious switchback that speeds solar wind
The European sun-observing mission Solar Orbiter observed a mysterious "switchback" in the solar wind that might explain what propels particles from the sun across the solar system.
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Can solar storms cause tsunamis?
Solar storms can mess with Earth, but can they kick up a tsunami?
Massive stars could 'steal' gas giants from their planetary systems
Jupiter-size worlds in stellar nurseries could be snatched from orbit around their home stars in 'planetary heists,' becoming what scientists have nicknamed 'BEASTies.'
Rethinking Anakin Skywalker: How Star Wars has failed to properly explore its most significant character
Anakin is the center of the Star Wars saga, but we don't think his character has been used to its fullest.
NASA Chooses a Supplier to Build its Moonwalking Spacesuits
NASA announced they have chosen Axiom Space to build the spacesuits for the next astronauts to walk on the Moon. The spacesuits will be used on the Artemis III mission, which is planned to land the first woman and the first person of color on the lunar surface.
It’s Thought to Rain Diamonds on Uranus and Neptune, and now Scientists Duplicated it in the lab
The ice giant planets of Neptune and Uranus might have just the right conditions to rain diamonds. Unfortunately we can’t go and check ourselves, so we have to rely on laboratory recreations of their atmospheres to find out. And so that’s exactly what a team of physicist did: they used a vaporized form of common plastics to find out how quickly and how easily diamonds could grow in those kinds of conditions.
Photographers "Capture the Dark" in Stunning Images
The International Dark-Sky Association celebrates photography's role in the fight against light pollution. Here are this year's contest winners!
Alex on the rocks
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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson are getting world-class geology training this week during the fifth edition of ESA’s Pangaea course.
Sony A7R IV mirrorless camera review
Two years after its release, is the Sony A7R IV still the best camera you can buy? We put this full-frame mirrorless to the test.
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'We can find life outside the solar system in 25 years', researcher says
We haven't found life on Mars yet, but one researcher believes we might be able to detect evidence of it on planets outside of the solar system within the next quarter of a century.
Watch NASA chief commemorate 60th anniversary of JFK moon speech Monday
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will discuss the legacy of JFK's Rice University moon speech Monday (Sept. 12) at noon EDT (1600 GMT), and you can watch it live.
NASA will slam a spacecraft into an asteroid. This tiny witness will show us what happens.
Italy's first deep-space mission, which will be the only eye-witness of DART's crash with asteroid Dimorphos, is beginning its journey.
Solar switchback mystery solved
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ESA’s Solar Orbiter has solved the mystery of a magnetic phenomenon in the solar wind. It has taken the first ever image of a ‘switchback’ in the solar corona, confirming its predicted ‘S’ shape. A switchback is defined by rapid flips in magnetic field direction. The observed switchback is linked to an active region associated with sunspots and magnetic activity where there is an interaction between open and closed magnetic field lines. The interaction releases energy and sends the S-shaped disturbance into space. The new data suggest that switchbacks could originate near the solar surface, and may be important in understanding the acceleration and heating of the solar wind.
Solar Orbiter solves magnetic switchback mystery
With data from its closest pass of the Sun yet, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has found compelling clues as to the origin of magnetic switchbacks, and points towards how their physical formation mechanism might help accelerate the solar wind.
Ariane 6: Launchpad testing
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It has been an exciting and busy summer for the European Space Agency, with development and testing of its new Ariane 6 launcher. At Europe’s spaceport in, French Guiana, a test model of the launcher’s central core was assembled for the first time. Ariane 6 is the first Ariane rocket to be assembled horizontally, which is simpler and less costly than more traditional vertical assembly. Then, the rocket was moved to its launchpad and placed upright in the massive mobile gantry for combined tests, to validate the compatibility between all components of the complete launch system. Soon more testing will be done on Ariane 6’s upper stage at a purpose-built DLR facility in Lampoldshausen, Germany.
