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The latest decade of solar and space physics research just dropped, and it’s full of goodies, from new missions to plans for space weather.
The report comes from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and it outlines top priorities for space agencies and related institutions to better understand the solar system over the next decade presentations and town halls.
Decimal queries are important. they outline the goals of science for a wide range of scientists in 2021. specified academies finding Earth-like exoplanets, understanding the densest objects in the universe, and improving the birth and growth of galaxies as astronomical priorities.
The following year, a report on planetary science and astrobiology concluded that a A uranium probe should be the highest priority mission Last year the academies report put a permanent human presence off-earth on the docket.
This year’s report covered the range of solar and space physics, including how to better observe and better understand the dynamic environment of our solar system; a star in his heart.
The report calls for NASA to launch a mission that would send a constellation of satellites to observe the space environment near Earth and a spacecraft to image the Sun at its poles. The report notes that the National Science Foundation’s Next Generation Global Oscillation Network, the Solar Observatory Network as a top priority major construction project.
Future modeling of space weather systems will also need to use artificial intelligence, the report says. In particular, machine learning-based models of the Sun’s surface can better predict eruptions on the star’s surface, and data assimilation can be done quickly with AI software, speeding up the detection rate. :
The report also recommended that NSF develop a strategic plan space weatherthat NOAA is creating a program to do so and is partnering with the Department of Defense to develop predictive space weather models.The report also calls on NASA to increase the spaceflight component of its Heliophysics Space Weather program; that Parker Solar Probe’s dive into the Sun comes to mind as an ambitious initiative that provided new insights into space weather.
“A lack of progress in solar and space physics in the coming decade could have devastating consequences for society, in part because it would hamper our ability to predict and mitigate the potentially harmful effects of space weather,” said committee co-chair Stephen Fuselier, acting vice president. Chair of the Space Science Division at Southwest Research Institute, in Academies Publishing.
“While significant progress will require modest additional government investment, research in these areas is paramount,” Fuselier added. space civilization”.
Space weather is a dynamic phenomenon that even affects those on Earth; our planet has been hit by several intense geomagnetic storms this year, causing auroras around the world and some electronic outages But such weather events in space can be tough on equipment that, while protected, is not in the relatively safe cocoon of our planet’s magnetosphere.
“The field of solar and space physics is at a pivotal point right now, and we have the opportunity to do some really exciting science in the coming years, both for the sake of science and to make big improvements in things like space weather,” Dartmouth College astronomer and report wrote committee co-chair Robin Millan in the Academies publication.
As we Earthlings accelerate our exploration of our solar system (and, dare I say, beyond), it is critical that governing bodies outline the types of missions and funding required to take those ambitious next steps sooner rather than later. : The report provides a north star for those goals and gives the public something to be excited about.
