June 2019
Solar superstorms and their effects on Earth
... the United States’ National Academy of Sciences produced a study called “The Societal and Economic Impact of Severe Space Weather”. The panel looked at past events and estimated what a severe geomagnetic storm would do to global infrastructure. They...
23 December 2020
Harmful stellar flares might not prevent life on exoplanets after all, new study says
... events are typically viewed as a detriment to habitability," Chen said. "But our study quantitatively shows that some space weather can actually help us detect signatures of important gases that might signify biological processes." The team’s study...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... the objective of avoiding collisions”, SSA has three specific purposes: providing space surveillance and tracking of space debris (objects) that circle Earth; providing space weather reports (see next section); and detecting near Earth objects that...
10 February 2022
SpaceX Starlink satellites fall out of sky after storm
... a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field, though it was not categorised as a major space weather event. In fact, according to the space weather website (spaceweather.com) the weak impact did not at first even spark any remarkable...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
... that can affect the trajectory of a satellite, including the orientation of the satellite, whether it is tumbling, and space weather (which can affect the amount of drag experienced by satellites). Even small errors in the initial values of these...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... having to deal with natural and artificial hazards such as increased radiation and charged particles, orbital debris, space weathering, etc.) at long distances that generally preclude making repairs to orbiting systems. But a slot at GEO is a valued...
