Listen "Solar Activity and Solar Sails"
Episode Synopsis
Rose and Elliott look at the activity of the Sun, what the surface looks like and the importance of magnetic fields. From coronal mass ejections, to flares and sunspots, they discover all the weather you can expect on the Sun before looking at how it can be used to drive spacecraft with solar sails.Find us at throughthetelescope.co.ukLinks relating to this episode:Near-live images of the Sun and its features: https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dashboard/Solar cycles: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Solar_cycle_25_the_Sun_wakes_upLightSail: https://www.planetary.org/sci-tech/lightsailMusic:"Nowhere Land" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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