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Mirrors in space could boost solar power production on Earth

LONDON — A California-based startup wants to launch a constellation of orbiting mirrors, which will beam sunlight to solar power…

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4 solar flares simultaneously erupt from the sun in rare ‘super’ explosion — and Earth could be hit by the fallout

An exceptionally rare, “quadruple” solar flare just exploded from four different points across the sun’s surface at almost the exact…

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Watch Rocket Lab launch new NASA solar sail tech to orbit today

New NASA solar-sailing technology will make its way to orbit this evening (April 23), if all goes according to plan,…

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California Is Grappling With a Growing Problem: Too Much Solar

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: In sunny California, solar panels are everywhere. They sit in…

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Biden Kicks Off Earth Week with Solar Funding, Expanding Climate Corps

Biden Kicks Off Earth Week with Solar Funding, Expanding Climate Corps The Biden administration is marking Earth Week with announcements…

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12 of the best total solar eclipse 2024 photos from our readers

It’s been two weeks since the total solar eclipse on April 8. Whether your experience was beyond anything you could…

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Eclipse expert Jamie Carter wins media award for extensive solar eclipse coverage

Anyone who has been keeping up with our solar eclipse content in the lead-up to April 8’s total solar eclipse…

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Those magic minutes during April 8’s solar eclipse brought me to tears

As a TV reporter and meteorologist, I experienced some pretty incredible things in my career.  I’ve watched a tornado signature…

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See the explosive ‘devil comet’ get its tail ripped off by a solar storm days before its close approach to the sun

The explosive “devil comet” has been blasted by a gigantic plasma wave from the sun, which temporarily blew away its…

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Global ‘time signals’ subtly shifted as the total solar eclipse reshaped Earth’s upper atmosphere, new data shows

As millions of people looked up to the sky to see the moon temporarily (and completely) block out the sun…

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