Solar winds

ISRO mission Aditya L1 observes solar winds

ISRO's Sun Mission Aditya L1 has got great success. According to the space agency, the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment mounted on India's first solar satellite Aditya L1 has started its operations.

Dec 02, 2023, 21:54 PM IST

Martian atmosphere well-protected from effects of solar wind: Study

Unlike Earth, Mars has no global magnetic dipole, but the solar wind instead induces currents in the ionised upper atmosphere (the ionosphere), creating an induced magnetosphere.

Dec 11, 2017, 17:34 PM IST

NASA plans to launch magnetic shield into space to make Mars habitable

In a presentation at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop in Washington, DC last week, NASA scientists suggested that launching a giant magnetic shield into space between Mars and the Sun could help the Red Planet restore its atmosphere and make it suitable for humans to colonise in the future.

Mar 06, 2017, 14:44 PM IST