Asteroids are celestial bodies much smaller than planets. They have irregular shapes and very weak gravity fields. Space missions around an asteroid can be challenging…
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When a spacecraft performs a manoeuver called flyby, in which it comes along a hyperbolic trajectory towards the Earth or other planets, something strange happens….
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While the word ‘aerosol’ conjures up images of spray cans, to atmospheric scientists the term refers to something different: small particles suspended in the atmosphere,…
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Researchers established that many stars are part of multiple–star systems. Moreover, the ratio of multiple-star systems in our galaxy is assumed to be about two-thirds….
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Space exploration has occupied a major impact on the changes that the modern society has experienced. The range of benefits it has brought is wide:…
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The Sun, our closest star, is a ball of plasma interacting with a magnetic field. This interaction leads to a host of fascinating and complex…
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For now, there are trillion galaxies to be observed. These galaxies are classified into the spiral galaxy, elliptical galaxy, and irregular galaxy by their morphology….
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Solar flares are abrupt brightenings in the solar atmosphere. The released energy is emitted throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio wavelengths to high energy…
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The solar corona is an outer and energetic layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, which contains many mysteries within itself. Therefore, every total solar eclipse becomes…
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How far are we from the Center of the Galaxy? How far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way (Galactic Center, GC)?…
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Parker in ApJ 1958 developed the supersonic solar wind theory and predicted the known today spiral shape of the solar magnetic field. His theory on…
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