Get the latest tech news
A connection between the northern lights and Hubble's death
The most iconic, longest-lived space telescope of all, NASA's Hubble, is experiencing orbital decay as the solar cycle peaks. Here's why.
However, photography revealed the green colors of ionized oxygen low down in Earth’s atmosphere, as well as the red/pink glow at higher altitudes: only produced by extremely energetic solar particles. During the peak of every solar cycle, when the Sun is at its most active, it effectively “energizes” Earth’s atmosphere more successfully, leading to a more rapid decay of satellites in low-Earth orbit. With the next peak of the upcoming (26th) solar cycle expected to occur in 2036 or 2037, we can anticipate that time period to be humanity’s last chance to save or recover the Hubble Space Telescope.
Or read this on Hacker News
