Space Environment, Nature of The
Near-Earth space is a complex, dynamic environment that affects not just objects in space, but our everyday lives as well. It exists as the interaction
of energy and m...
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The peak of the next sunspot cycle is expected in late 2011 or mid-2012 _ potentially affecting airline flights, communications satellites and electrical transmissions. But forecasters can't agree ...
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The Global Positioning System, relied on for everything from navigating cars and airplanes to transferring money between banks, may be threatened by powerful solar flares, a panel of scientists war...
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Scientists are deadlocked over the severity of the next sunspot cycle, which could produce powerful solar storms that can disrupt communication systems on Earth.A panel of space weather forecasters...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA sketched out
plans Wednesday for a hastily choreographed spacewalk with
an astronaut dangling at the end of an extension boom to try to
save a critical power ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA probe next week will
become the first spacecraft in 33 years to fly by Mercury, a
sojourn scientists hope will unlock the secrets of the small
sun-baked planet. NASA'...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A car-sized NASA probe
zoomed about 126 miles above the rocky, crater-scarred
surface of Mercury Monday, becoming the first spacecraft
since 1975 to fly past the closest pla...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA probe that shot past
Mercury this month detected a puzzling geological feature that
scientists Wednesday labeled "The Spider" and found evidence
of past volcanic acti...
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Space Environment, Nature of The
Scientists predict next solar cycle peak
