Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago
Smile will be ESA's first mission to view the full Sun-Earth connection, filling an essential gap in our understanding of the Solar System.
Specifically, Smile will improve our understanding of space weather (https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_weather) and solar storms. The magnetospheric bubble that surrounds Earth is invisible to our eyes, but with its UV and X-ray cameras, Smile will reveal this shield that protects us from the Sun. Its findings will help protect space-based technology and the lives of any humans in orbit around Earth, as well as infrastructure on Earth’s surface.
Find out more about Smile: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Smile
Smile is a collaboration between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Credit: ESA
#Sun #Earth #ESA
Smile will be ESA's first mission to view the full Sun-Earth connection, filling an essential gap in our understanding of the Solar System.
Specifically, Smile will improve our understanding of space weather (https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_weather) and solar storms. The magnetospheric bubble that surrounds Earth is invisible to our eyes, but with its UV and X-ray cameras, Smile will reveal this shield that protects us from the Sun. Its findings will help protect space-based technology and the lives of any humans in orbit around Earth, as well as infrastructure on Earth’s surface.
Find out more about Smile: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Smile
Smile is a collaboration between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Credit: ESA
#Sun #Earth #ESA
