Uranus is the stranger of the two fast twins Because of their similar size and mass, the two ice giants are sometimes considered twins. But nobody knows exactly how closely they really resemble each other, how they are composed or how they were formed, said Ravit Helled, a planetary researcher at the University of Zurich, … Read more
It is done. The Solar Orbiter probe took off early this morning towards the Sun. A journey of several years awaits him, marked by numerous gravitational assistance which will allow him to approach only 42 million kilometers from the Sun! It will also study its poles from a position never reached by a probe. – … Read more
The Solar Orbiter probe is ready for launch. During the night of February 9 to 10, 2020, from the Kennedy Space Center of NASA (Florida), the Solar Orbiter probe will leave in the direction of the Sun for a mission that will make significant progress in our knowledge of the Sun and heliosphere. Its launch … Read more
The mission, which is estimated to be almost 1.5 billion euros in total and in which several German research institutes are involved, is intended to provide many new insights into the star, which is around 150 million kilometers away. The joint project between the US space agency NASA and its European counterpart ESA has ten … Read more
The Cheops mission records another milestone: the European space telescope, which has been orbiting the Earth since December, has taken the first constellations. The researchers from the Cheops mission were eagerly awaiting the first recordings. “When the first pictures of a star field appeared on the screen, it was immediately clear to everyone: The telescope … Read more
The “Solar Orbiter” probe is due to launch on February 8 from the Cape Canaveral spaceport (USA). Image: APA / ESA / ATG Medialab / Nasa It is omnipresent and yet still full of riddles: the sun. A new mission into space should now create clarity. The “Solar Orbiter” is supposed to provide images of … Read more
The situation is different for man-made machines. The lights can cause blackouts, satellites and navigation equipment fail, and disrupt flight routes. But how can something so majestic cause so much chaos? The auroras are in themselves a waste product of the sun. – The sun itself consists of electrons, ions and hot plasma. There is … Read more