Items tagged with solar

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Distant Solar System Body Named 'Makemake' Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 - 10:36:37 - Ehud Rattner One of the largest objects in the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune, has finally gotten a name: Makemake, after a god in the culture... read more

Rooftop Solar System for General Motors Friday, July 11th, 2008 - 21:14:39 - Anuradha Menon Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announced today that its UNI-SOLAR(R) thin-film flexible solar laminates will power the world's largest rooftop solar... read more

Solar-Powered Asteroids Make Their Own Moons Thursday, July 10th, 2008 - 10:10:31 - Ehud Rattner Most asteroids with moonlets started off as solitary bodies that split in two while sunbathing, new computer simulations suggest. Once thought to be... read more

Sharp Unveils Solar-Powered TV Saturday, July 5th, 2008 - 10:22:43 - Anuradha Menon During the Hokkaido Toyako Summit (July 7-9, 2008), Sharp Corporation will exhibit its environmentally conscious products and advanced environmental... read more

Voyager 2 Finds Lopsided Solar System Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 - 18:47:52 - Ehud Rattner Hurtling through space 31 years after its launch, the Voyager 2 spacecraft has sent back the most detailed view yet of the shock wave that marks the... read more

Solar System's Biggest Impact Scar Thursday, June 26th, 2008 - 16:03:24 - Ehud Rattner Every scar tells a story, yet a huge gash on Mars has long proven very hard to read. Now a peek beneath the planet's surface reveals that the scar is... read more

The Most Extreme Life-Forms in the Universe Thursday, June 26th, 2008 - 13:59:34 - Ehud Rattner While scientists find ever more planets around other stars and contemplate missions to probe the far reaches of our own solar system, researchers are... read more

Is an Eclipse Mentioned in Ancient Poem? Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 - 10:13:49 - Ehud Rattner A solar eclipse that occurred more than 3000 years ago may be mentioned in the Odyssey, an ancient poem based on Greek mythology, a new study... read more

Harnessing Solar Energy Like Plants Do Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 - 16:41:51 - Ehud Rattner Ask any scientist to name Earth's most abundant source of energy, and the answer comes quickly: sunlight. In one hour, the sun strikes Earth with... read more

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