NASA’s Next Mission Could Finally Solve the Mystery of Our Solar System’s Edge
The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...
KFGO14 天
NASA SPHEREx telescope is launched to study universe’s origins
Being launched along with SPHEREx is a constellation of satellites for NASA’s PUNCH – short for Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere – mission to better understand the solar wind, the ...
CNN14 天
Weather delays launch of NASA’s newest space telescope set to search for life’s key ...
PUNCH, or Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, will study how the sun affects the solar system. The mission will observe the sun’s hot outer atmosphere, called the corona ...
Firstpost15 天
Nasa tries to give new lease of life to Voyager missions that have outlived their life ...
The instruments that remained powered on long after the last planetary flyby were those that the science team deemed important for studying the solar system’s heliosphere, a protective bubble of solar ...
UPI15 天
SpaceX, NASA scrub launch of SPHEREx, PUNCH missions
Four spacecraft comprise the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere mission, otherwise known as PUNCH. The goal of the two NASA missions will be to create a three-dimensional map of more ...
The New York Times15 天
SpaceX Again Scrubs Launch of NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
Led by the Southwest Research Institute, PUNCH stands for Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere. The mission consists of four satellites, each around the size of a suitcase. One ...
earth15 天
Earth's journey through the Milky Way may have altered our climate
The experts propose that the Solar System’s passage through this zone could have briefly compressed the heliosphere – the protective bubble surrounding our planetary system – and delivered a greater ...
earth16 天
Our solar system once drifted through Orion’s star-forming region
Scientists often keep an eye on the heliosphere, which is the giant shield of charged particles that wraps around our planetary system. Interstellar gas or dust can compress this boundary if the sun ...
The New York Times17 天
SpaceX Scrubs Launch of 2 NASA Satellite Missions
Led by the Southwest Research Institute, PUNCH stands for Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere. The mission consists of four satellites, each around the size of a suitcase. One ...
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NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
The wall of fire. At one point in time, both probes went past the heliosphere. That is where solar winds emitted from our sun still blow things outwards. But what Voyager 2, backed up by data from ...
WLWT18 天
NASA's twin Voyager probes are shutting down some instruments to conserve power
Both probes are the only spacecraft to operate beyond the heliosphere, the sun’s bubble of magnetic fields and particles that extends well beyond the orbit of Pluto.Instruments necessary for ...