Items tagged with solar

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Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Monday, December 29th, 2008 - 16:21:14 - Ehud Rattner In recent years, the possible applications for double-walled carbon nanotubes have excited scientists and engineers, particularly those working on... read more

Spanish Solar Firms Accused of Fraud Monday, December 22nd, 2008 - 15:54:15 - Ehud Rattner In the past two years, Spain's solar industry has grown by a spectacular 900%. The country now has the third largest solar capacity in the world... read more

Leaks Found in Earth's Magnetic Shield Thursday, December 18th, 2008 - 14:37:46 - Anuradha Menon Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest... read more

Solar Flare Surprise Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 - 16:12:19 - Anuradha Menon Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system. Packing a punch equal to a hundred million hydrogen bombs, they obliterate... read more

Europa's Dynamic Ocean Monday, December 15th, 2008 - 18:28:55 - Ehud Rattner One of the moons in our solar system that scientists think has the potential to harbor life may have a far more dynamic ocean than previously... read more

Turbulent Star-Forming Region Captured Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 10:06:17 - Anuradha Menon A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of... read more

Students Discover Unique Planet Saturday, December 6th, 2008 - 16:33:19 - Anuradha Menon Three undergraduate students, from Leiden University in the Netherlands, have discovered an extrasolar planet. The extraordinary find, which turned... read more

How to Destroy an Asteroid Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 16:46:50 - Anuradha Menon In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances... read more

Jupiter's Core Twice as Big as Thought Friday, November 28th, 2008 - 16:53:32 - Anuradha Menon Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, researchers announced today. Burkhard Militzer, a geophysicist at... read more

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