Posts Tagged ‘Solar’

Solar Storms

Solar Storms “The sun rings like a bell in millions of distinct tones,” notes Mark Miesch of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. The tones generate ripples on the solar surface, which scientists study to map currents deep in the … Read more on National Geographic

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Voyager probe reaches solar system's outer limits

Voyager probe reaches solar system's outer limits Sent on its merry way to study the solar system and interstellar space in 1977, Voyager 1 has catalogued and observed much of our solar system, doing detailed fly-bys of Saturn and Jupiter and their respective satellites as well as taking pictures of … Read more on allvoices

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Recent solar bursts well-timed for U space study

Recent solar bursts well-timed for U space study John Wygant with a model of some of the gear that will be sent into space to study solar radiation. A device designed at the University of Minnesota will soar to a hostile and largely unexplored region of space in September, seeking ways to make travel … [...]

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Solar storm's effects measured

Solar storm's effects measured "The long term hope of people like us around the world is to have stuff that's looking at these effects from the sun and can see them far enough out in space that we could have a network that would alert people as to this thing is coming," Poirier said … [...]

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UK Government Appeal to High Court Solar Feed-in Tariff Decision Rejected by

UK Government Appeal to High Court Solar Feed-in Tariff Decision Rejected by … Pricing will be the big issue, and many are coming round to solar on the basis of the bills hitting the Matt. Also we have to contend with a lot of NIMBYism, concerns over effects on house prices (its free energy people, [...]

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