Mission Highlight: SMILE The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are targeting tonight, ...
Like a supersonic jet being blasted with high-speed winds, Earth is constantly being bombarded by a stream of charged particles from the sun known as solar wind. Just like wind around a jet or water ...
At 05:52 Central European time on 19 May 2026, a Vega-C rocket climbed away from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, ...
CEST on May 19, 2026, a Vega-C rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the Solar wind ...
ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first global images of Earth's magnetosphere The SMILE mission developed jointly ...
Before Smile can begin studying how Earth responds to the streams of particles and bursts of radiation from the sun, the ...
Today’s aurora alert proves the Sun is more dynamic than many may realize. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center announced today that the Sun had ...