The production of renewable energy is increasing every year. But after analyzing the growth rates of wind and solar power in 60 countries, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University in Sweden and ...
Environment
Oct 18, 2021
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Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.
Astronomy
Oct 11, 2021
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Energy from the solar wind interacting with the magnetospheric 'bubble' around Earth creates waves of energy that appear to stand still.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 6, 2021
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On Sept. 18, NASA's InSight lander celebrated its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, by measuring one of the biggest, longest-lasting marsquakes the mission has ever detected. The temblor is estimated to be about a magnitude 4.2 ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 22, 2021
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When a fast solar wind stream erupts from a coronal hole (a cooler region in the Sun's atmosphere) and overtakes a slower moving solar wind stream, a stream interaction region (SIR) can form. In the SIR, a density "pileup" ...
Astronomy
Sep 20, 2021
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The sun routinely produces energetic electrons in its outer atmosphere that subsequently travel through interplanetary space. These electron beams generate Langmuir waves in the background plasma, producing type III radio ...
Astronomy
Sep 8, 2021
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An interplanetary mission led by the University of California, Berkeley, to put two satellites—dubbed "Blue" and "Gold"—into orbit around Mars has been officially authorized to prepare for launch in October 2024.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 23, 2021
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Violent activity on our Sun leads to some of the most extreme space weather events on Earth, impacting systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. The roughly 11-year cycle of solar ...
Astronomy
Aug 17, 2021
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New research led by NASA provides a closer look at a nearby star thought to resemble our young sun. The work allows scientists to better understand what our sun may have been like when it was young, and how it may have shaped ...
Astronomy
Aug 4, 2021
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Middle-aged stars can experience their own kind of midlife crisis, experiencing dramatic breaks in their activity and rotation rates at about the same age as our Sun, according to new research published today in Monthly Notices ...
Astronomy
Jul 28, 2021
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