Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, is different in several respects from the other three terrestrial planets. In appearance, ...
Continue readingSolar radiation data is important for a wide range of applications, e.g. in engineering, agriculture, health sector, and ...
Continue readingThe book gives an extended review of theoretical and observational aspects of neutron star physics. With masses comparable ...
Continue readingThis volume presents our contemporary understanding of atmospheric electricity at Earth and in other solar system atmospheres. ...
Continue readingDevoted to classic fundamentals, current practice, and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The first part is unique ...
Continue readingAdvances over the past decades in space flight technology have allowed U.S., Russian, and other space programs to not only ...
Continue readingSince very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity ...
Continue readingThis book deals with different aspects of small satellites for Earth observation: programmatics, current and planned Earth ...
Continue readingThis book serves as a concise primer introducing the non-specialist reader to the physics of solar energetic particles (SEP). ...
Continue readingThis book describes solar sails, how they work and what they will be used for in the exploration of space in an easily readable ...
Continue readingResponds to the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age – the launch of Sputnik 1 – with a review ...
Continue readingProvides an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science level reader to be published every September. The book ...
Continue readingThe search for life outside the Earth has been one of mankind's most challenging quests. We have reached a level of technology ...
Continue readingThe essays in this book identify the key ingredients for success in capitalizing on public investments in scientific projects ...
Continue readingThis book presents the evolution of the heliosphere through an entire solar activity cycle. The last solar cycle (cycle 23) ...
Continue readingA comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating ...
Continue readingThe STEREO mission uses twin heliospheric orbiters to track solar disturbances from their initiation to 1 AU. This book ...
Continue readingIn the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology. There is a wide range ...
Continue readingIt is well established and appreciated by now that more than 99% of the baryonic matter in the universe is in the plasma ...
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