Sentences with phrase «intense radiation environment»
It has recorded towering volcanic plumes above Jupiter's moon Io, gathered evidence that Europa might have an ocean beneath its icy carapace, and investigated the intense radiation environment near Jupiter.
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Europa's surface is an extremely hostile environment, as a result of constant exposure to Jupiter's intense radiation belts.
«The radiation dose rates from measurements obtained over the last four years exceeded trends from previous solar cycles by at least 30 percent, showing that the radiation environment is getting far more intense,» said Nathan Schwadron, professor of physics and lead author of the study.
According to new observations from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope of a star - forming region in a nearby galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud, intense radiation and powerful winds from massive, ultrabright baby stars have sculpted their environment, carving a large cavity in their natal nebula, N83B.
Extremely turbulent environments can disrupt the normal procession of material onto a protostar, while intense radiation — from massive nearby stars and supermassive black holes — can blast away the parent cloud, thwarting the formation of all but the most massive of stars.
They were fabricated on sapphire (silicon on insulator), which is radiation - hardened and suitable for the intense Jovian environment.
Since the Jovian radiation belt environment is considered to be one of the most intense and hazardous environments in our Solar System, several models to describe it have been developed (e.g. Santos - Costa et al. 2001; Santos - Costa & Bourdarie 2001; Sicard - Piet et al. 2011).
The best environment for such organisms, she told the UK newspaper, would be two to three meters below the planet's surface, where they are more likely to be protected from the sun's intense UV radiation.
A rooftop is an extreme environment with strong and variable wind patterns and little or no protection from the sun's intense heat and ultraviolet radiation.