June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
...particular for space sunshades that would intercept some of the Sun’s energy before it reaches Earth. In 1976, physicist ...of thin film structures that sit between the Earth and the Sun to reduce incoming solar energy by approximately one percent. The ...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... receive a significant amount of dangerous radiation from the Sun thus making conditions difficult for biological life to develop ...will receive significant amounts of heat flux from either the Sun of Mercury. It was therefore necessary to devise an ...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...features/sun_darkness.html). Long filaments erupt from the Sun at frequent intervals sending electromagnetic particles towards Earth.... 1 percent of the distance from the Earth to the Sun known as the L1 Lagrangian point. Empirical models were proposed...
11 November 2019
Rare transit of Mercury happening soon!
...of Mercury, are on the same level and side of the Sun as they cross our host star. As such, Mercury transits ... telescope to see the transit take place. Skywatchers must use special sun-viewing lenses to safely observe Mercury's transit, or if you want...
May 2016
Rare Mercury transit complete
...tiny black dot, inch its way over the surface of the Sun. According to the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in the ...that is accessible to everyone." Due to its close proximity to the Sun, Mercury is literally a planet of two halves - during the day,...
August 2018
Flying to the stars
..., the farthest human-made object, the Voyager 1 probe, would be at a distance of about 141 metres from the Sun, increasing its distance by about 3.6 metres per year. In reality Voyager 1 flies at an astonishing velocity of 17 km/s; at this velocity...
