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Solar Flare: Space Weather Disrupts Communications, Threatens Other Technologies
February 18, 2011 — A powerful solar flare has ushered in the largest space weather storm in at least four years and has already disrupted some ground communications on ... > full story -
Catching Space Weather in the Act
February 17, 2011 — Special cameras aboard the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft have snapped the first shots of a complex space environment. Instead of recording light, these two large single-pixel ... > full story -
First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun
February 7, 2011 — NASA has released the first complete view of the sun's entire surface and atmosphere. Seeing the whole sun front and back simultaneously will enable significant advances in space weather forecasting ... > full story -
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Engineers Give Solar Power a Boost
January 11, 2011 — The growing popularity of solar photovoltaic systems across the United States has made it more important to maximize their power input. That's why environmental engineers are working on technologies ... > full story -
Dark Matter Could Transfer Energy in the Sun
December 1, 2010 — Researchers have studied the effects of the presence of dark matter in the Sun. According to their calculations, low mass dark matter particles could be transferring energy from the core to the ... > full story -
Falkland Islands Radar Study Impacts Climate Research: New Equipment Will Monitor Activity Which Creates the ‘Southern Lights’
October 22, 2010 — Physicists and engineers have installed a radar system on the Falkland Islands to monitor the upper atmosphere activity which creates the 'Southern Lights'. The new radar joins a network of 22 such ... > full story -
Space Weather Mystery Solved: Link Found Between Electrons Trapped in Space and Upper Atmosphere's Diffuse Aurora
October 20, 2010 — New research has settled decades of scientific debate about a puzzling aspect of space weather. Researchers have found the final link between electrons trapped in space and the glow of light from the ... > full story -
Radiometric Dating Still Reliable (Again), Research Shows
September 15, 2010 — Recent puzzling observations of tiny variations in nuclear decay rates have led some to question the science behind carbon-14 dating and similar techniques. However scientists tested the hypothesis ... > full story -
New Solar Prediction System Gives Time to Prepare for the Storms Ahead
September 1, 2010 — A new method of predicting solar storms that could help to avoid widespread power and communications blackouts costing billions of pounds has been launched by researchers in the ... > full story -
Navigation Satellites Contend With Stormy Sun
September 1, 2010 — Just as we grow used to satellite navigation in everyday life, media reports argue that a coming surge in solar activity could render satnav devices useless, perhaps even frying satellites ... > full story
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