Frontiers

JULY 4, 2023

In an article in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences , an international group of experts affiliated with COSPAR reviewed the panel’s role, and its Planetary Protection Policy , including recent considerations regarding the Policy for the Moon, Venus, Mars and small planetary bodies.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Look towards the Sun during a total solar eclipse (taking proper precautions of course) and you’ll see a beautiful, crown-shaped glow surrounding the Moon. In fact, almost one article about the solar corona has been published per day since 1943. It’s the solar corona – a hot plasma that extends millions of kilometres out into space.

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Physics World

JANUARY 7, 2022

And to do that, the telescope needs to be stationed away from Earth’s thermal glow, around the L2 Lagrange point , with the Moon and Earth behind it. With so many topics to investigate, Mather says the hardest part for astronomers may be waiting for mission scientists to get to grips with the telescope’s quirks.

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