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How The Gigantic Mirrors Finally Bringing Winter Sun To A Norwegian Town Work
People play volleyball during the official opening of giant sun mirrors (top) erected on the mounta…
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Invisible massive galaxies producing 1,000 suns a year could rewrite how the universe works
Billions of light years away and invisible to the naked eye, 39 massive galaxies are generating sta…
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A scientist's simple animation shows how the planets rocket around the sun at wildly different speeds
Planets must careen through space at astonishing speeds to avoid falling into the sun. The closer t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The June solstice is almost here - here's how it works and why it starts both summer and winter
As the graphic above shows, it takes 93 days and 16 hours after the June solstice for Earth to reac…
Dave Mosher
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The December solstice is here. Here's how it works and why it starts winter and summer at the same time.
As the graphic above shows, it takes 89 days after the December solstice for Earth to reach the Mar…
Dave Mosher
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These tiny drink factories can be powered by the sun to allow users to create a brewery almost anywhere — here's how they work
With these microfactories, Wayout has removed many of the biggest environmental impacts of typical …
Mary Meisenzahl
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NASA and the European Space Agency are launching the Solar Orbiter spacecraft toward the sun on Sunday - watch live
The Solar Orbiter is the world's second major mission to the sun in two years - the Parker Solar Pr…
Holly Secon
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' is the reason fans will never get the 'Twilight' spinoff they've been waiting years for
Early in October, Meyer published a different re-telling of "Twilight." Instead of swapping perspec…
Kim Renfro
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A British Airways pilot was fired after he bragged to a coworker about doing cocaine before an 11-hour flight, report says
A British Airways pilot tested positive for drugs after he boasted about a night of partying and co…
Joshua Zitser,Pete Syme
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A scientist's mesmerizing animation shows how our entire solar system orbits an unseen center — and it's not the sun
Jupiter, Saturn, and the sun play a constant game of tug-of-war around the invisible center of our …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Forget what you heard: Jupiter does not orbit the sun
For example: When the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth, both the Earth and the sp…
Rafi Letzter
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Forget what you heard: Jupiter does not orbit the sun
For example: When the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth, both the Earth and the sp…
Rafi Letzter
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The SEC is investigating the biggest problem with Wall Street's nightmare stock - and it's falling apart
For example, as part of the deal, SunEdison would force TerraForm Power, one of its subsidiaries kn…
Linette Lopez
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A scientist's quick animation reveals that Earth has two types of day. Humans use the one that's 4 minutes longer.
Earth doesn't take a full 24 hours to spin on its axis — but humans use the sun to measure days. Th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' is the reason fans will never get the 'Twilight' spinoff they've been waiting years for
In response to the leak, she publicly posted the 12 unfinished chapters, but warned fans …
Kim Renfro
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A 16-year-old took home $75,000 for her award-winning discovery that could help revolutionize biomedical implants
Grace Sun won the ISEF science fair for her work on OECTs, which have benefits over current biomedi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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The Labour Party has suspended MP Simon Danczuk for offering to spank a 17-year-old girl
According to the Sun, on September 19 Danczuk asked Houlihan to meet up at the Labour Party confere…
Jeremy Wilson
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Cornell University Student Mascot Reportedly Told To Act Like A 'Heterosexual Man' and 'Approach Only Women'
The Sun reports that many Cornell students were offended by these remarks, and while the club that …