March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
..., coated with dense clouds of sulphuric acid and an atmosphere composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide. That kind of...In order to lose heat fast enough we need an atmosphere that’s almost completely transparent. Scientists believe every watery world...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... the Earth from a massive solar storm, modulating solar radiation to reduce climate change and overheating of the atmosphere? It is more than a little thrilling to think of an invention that could literally save the world. One of my forebears, Lester...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
.... Significant effort and safety precautions are required during ground operations and full-body Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble suits, also known as SCAPE suits, need to be worn at all times. Refuelling needs to be done on-site...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
...which will accommodate a bio-regenerative life-support system (BLSS), a closed artificial ecosystem to provide a sustainable basic atmosphere, food and water supply chain and waste management procedures. Numerous terrestrial analogues have been built...
October 2024
EO data - the fuel that makes climate action possible
...natural gases (like methane) are being emitted into the atmosphere, we can slow global warming, accelerate our path ... over time. How it works As sunlight travels through the atmosphere, it is absorbed and re-emitted by any gases it encounters...
10 August 2018
Fiery inferno awaits NASA's Parker Solar Probe
... orbit, we’ll be seeing new regions of the Sun’s atmosphere and learning things about stellar mechanics that we’ve wanted to ...researchers to revolutionise our understanding of the sun’s outer atmosphere by tracing how energy and heat move through it, ...
