Sentences with phrase «outer atmosphere during»

Not exact matches

«During the past few years our group,» says David Jones, an astrophysicist at the IAC and another of the authors on the paper, «has discovered that the planetary nebulae with the biggest discrepancies in their abundances are usually associated with binary central stars which have been through a phase with a common envelope, that is to say the process of expansion of the more massive of the two stars has meant that the other star is orbiting within its outer atmosphere, and the viscosity has brought the stars very close to one another.

This new image from the largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter, was made during the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) programme.

The project will give astronomers an unprecedented view of the outer layers of the sun's atmosphere — which aren't blocked by the moon — during the entire eclipse.

During the eclipse, scientists will also study Earth's outer atmosphere, the ionosphere, a region of the atmosphere containing particles that are charged by solar radiation.

During the journey to and from the outer edge of the atmosphere, a passenger will be treated to a 30 - minute ride that includes a minute and a half of weightlessness.

SPP won't get too close, but it will pass several times through the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, during a period of 24 orbits, to collect data.

The theory suggests that during times of low solar output the reduced solar wind allows more cosmic rays to excite the outer atmosphere which then enhance any solar flare activity to a state whereby aurora can be visible at mid latitudes.

Whenever the atmosphere above the surface, especially clouds, have accumulated energy during a hot sunny day, portions of that energy are prevented from direct and rapid release of it to the cold of outer space by back radiation.