Radiation damage to the Hubble Space Telescope has been several years out of phase with the Solar cycle
The episode discusses a paper showing that radiation damage to the Hubble Space Telescope is out of phase with solar cycles. Hosts discuss how this decoupling suggests transient events like Coronal Mass Ejections might drive damage rates, shifting focus from long-term cycle prediction to short-term event forecasting. They also cover technical model improvements for electron transport in damaged CCDs.