Tag: spacecraft constellation
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Solar Sail Probes to Detect Space Tornadoes: A New Era in Space Weather Warnings
Introduction: A New Approach to Space Weather Warnings Scientists are rethinking how we monitor space weather by looking beyond the Sun itself. A recent study suggests that a constellation of spacecraft — including a solar sailer riding on sunlight — could detect tornado-like twists in the solar wind much earlier than current single-spacecraft systems allow.…
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Solar sail probe could detect space tornadoes earlier
New simulations reveal hidden space weather threats Researchers simulate a vast cloud of solar plasma to understand how small, tornado-like features in the solar wind—known as flux ropes—form and evolve. These mid-sized structures can spin up from coronal mass ejections as they plow through slower solar wind, potentially generating strong magnetic fields that trigger geomagnetic…