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First solar eclipse of 2022 seen across South America, Antarctica
The first solar eclipse of the year took place Saturday and was viewable from parts of South America and Antarctica.
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New computer model helps brings the sun into the laboratory
Every day, the sun ejects large amounts of a hot particle soup known as plasma toward Earth where it can disrupt telecommunications satellites and damage electrical grids.
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Solar-powered desalination unit shows great promise
Despite the vast amount of water on Earth, most of it is nonpotable seawater. Freshwater accounts for only about 2.5% of the total, so much of the world experiences serious water shortages.
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Scientists hope Interstellar Probe will reveal secrets of the heliosphere
After almost four years of what NASA calls a "pragmatic concept study," scientists are ready to publicly present the agency's plan for a return to the edge of the solar system.
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Campfires offer clue to solar heating mystery
Computer simulations show that the miniature solar flares nicknamed 'campfires', discovered last year by ESA's Solar Orbiter, are likely driven…
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Airports could generate enough solar energy to power a city: Study
A new study has found Australia's government-owned airports could produce enough electricity to power 136,000 homes, if they had large-scale rooftop solar systems installed.
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Toward new solar cells with active learning
How can I prepare myself for something I do not yet know? Scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and from the Technical University of Munich have addressed this almost philosophical question in the context of machine learning.
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Ten ways to ensure bees benefit from the solar power boom
Researchers assessing the impact of solar energy development across Europe have come up with ten ways in which the expansion of solar can be shaped to ensure pollinators benefit.
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Study paves the way for new photosensitive materials
Photocatalysts are useful materials, with a myriad of environmental and energy applications, including air purification, water treatment, self-cleaning…
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Solar panels are contagious – but in a good way: Study
The number of solar panels within shortest distance from a house is the most important factor in determining the likelihood of that house having a solar panel, when compared with a host of socio-economic and demographic variables.
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Scientists propose new formation mechanism for solar coronal rain
Rain is a common phenomenon on Earth. There is a similar phenomenon on the Sun, called coronal rain.
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SolAero Technologies’ Ingenuity on Mars
SolAero Technologies, a leading provider of high efficiency solar cells composite structural products for satellite and aerospace applications, congratulates…
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NASA rocket to survey our solar system’s windshield
Eleven billion miles away - more than four times the distance from us to Pluto - lies the boundary of our solar system's magnetic bubble, the heliopause.
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Plasma ejections from the sun could cause damage on Earth, scientists say
An unusual magnetic storm from the sun will aim at the Earth soon, possibly beginning Thursday, and experts say it has the potential to cause some noticeable damage here on our planet.
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Suntrace and Baywa r.e. complete largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for mining industry
Suntrace GmbH and BayWa r.e., together with B2Gold Corp. (CA), have completed commissioning of the world's largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for the mining industry, at the Fekola gold mine in Mali, West Africa.
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Queens Landlord Will Complete Borough’s Largest Residential Solar Energy Project by End of 2021
A Queens landlord has installed solar technology on more than half the buildings it owns in the borough, part of an ambitious project that will eventually…