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Tag Archives: magnetosphere
Radiation showstopper for Mars exploration?
An astronaut on a mission to Mars could receive radiation doses up to 700 times higher than on our planet – a major showstopper for the safe exploration of our Solar System. A team of European experts is working with … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ionizing radiation, magnetosphere, radiation, radiation exposure, space radiation
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MAVEN: The magnetic tail of Mars
In this MAVEN outreach webinar from March 27, 2019, Dr. Gina DiBraccio from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center describes what makes the Martian magnetic environment so different from other planets, and how processes in its magnetotail may contribute to atmospheric … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, magnetosphere, magnetotail, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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Exploring planetary plasma environments by laptop
A new database of plasma simulations, combined with observational data and powerful visualisation tools, is providing planetary scientists with an unprecedented way to explore some of the Solar System’s most interesting plasma environments. This digital space exploration story starts with … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, magnetosphere, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, Mars Express, MAVEN, MEX, NASA, plasma, University of Colorado
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MAVEN webinar: Do habitable worlds require magnetic fields?
[The MAVEN mission is holding a public webinar on April 18, 2018, at 7 p.m. Eastern; 4 p.m. Pacific.] What does it take for a planet to be hospitable for life? Join MAVEN Co-Investigator Dr. Dave Brain of the Laboratory … Continue reading
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Tagged life, magnetic field, magnetosphere, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, University of Colorado
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Mars Express: Leaky atmosphere linked to lightweight planet
The Red Planet’s low gravity and lack of magnetic field makes its outermost atmosphere an easy target to be swept away by the solar wind, but new evidence from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft shows that the Sun’s radiation may play … Continue reading
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Tagged Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms, ASPERA-3, ESA, European Space Agency, magnetosphere, Mars Express, MEX, solar wind
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Mars atmosphere well protected from solar wind
Despite the absence of a global Earth-like magnetic dipole, the Martian atmosphere is well protected from the effects of the solar wind on ion escape from the planet. New research shows this using measurements from the Swedish particle instrument ASPERA-3 … Continue reading
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Tagged ASPERA-3, atmosphere, ESA, European Space Agency, magnetosphere, Mars Express, MEX, solar wind
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