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Major solar storm alert: Third CME this week to hit Earth on May 10-11, possibly affecting satellite communications, GPS and power grids
The Sun has spewed out six X-class flares in the past week, the last three whoppers clocking in at …
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From Delta's solar eclipse flight to $200 sound healing ceremonies, here's how people are splashing out to celebrate the eclipse
Visitors are expected to flock across the US to get the best glimpse of the solar eclipse.
Alexandra Bacon
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Atomic oxygen found sandwiched between layers of sulphurous clouds On Venus
Researchers found that the temperature of atomic oxygen on Venus ranged from –120°C on the day side…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe becomes the fastest artificial object ever, 180 times faster than our fastest plane!
At such incredible speeds, the probe could complete roughly 15 circumnavigations of the Earth in ju…
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Adani Green says its operating renewable portfolio reaches 8,024 MW, largest in India
The combined operational generation capacity of this newly added hybrid power plant is 700 MW and h…
ANI
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I've studied the sun for 23 years. Here's what happened during the last solar maximum and what to expect from this one.
The next solar maximum is predicted to begin in 2025 and is expected to raise some risks for Earth …
Crystal Raypole
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Delhi airport becomes India's first to run on hydro & solar power
The Delhi Airport has moved to green energy and uses only hydro and solar power for all its energy …
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The US and Chinese militaries are both working on solar-powered drones that can spend weeks flying at the edge of space
High-flying intelligence-gathering platforms would be invaluable in an era of precision-guided weap…
Michael Peck
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Florida will become home to 10 electric flying taxi hubs called 'vertiports'
The state's first commercial flight could be announced as soon as this spring. Lilium plans to have…
Grace Kay
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World's first solar-powered aircraft to land in Ahmadabad tomorrow
"Solar Impulse will take off from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and land in Ahmedabad after…
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The Mars helicopter is cool — a fleet of small, levitating nanocardboard aircraft would be cooler
NASA has plans to launch Perseverance this summer with a “high risk, high reward” helicopter on boa…
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Why electric planes haven't taken off yet
Battery-powered electric planes could be the future of aviation. Pipistrel, Ampaire, Eviation, and …
Abby Narishkin,Emmanuel Ocbaz…
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There are 19 interstellar asteroids between Jupiter and Neptune — and even computers can’t predict where they are headed
Interstellar asteroids — asteroids from outside our solar system — may not be as rare as we once …
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Futuristic architecture, entertainment hubs and kinetic solar panels: This is what spaceports could look like if commercial space flights become a reality
Spaceport City's design is based around space travel, but also features a terrestrial transport net…
Grace Dean
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Supersonic jet startup Aerion just broke ground on a new $300 million plant in Florida with plans to fly its first aircraft in 5 years - take a look
Melbourne is located on the famous Space Coast that boasts the likes of NASA, Embraer, and now Aeri…
Thomas Pallini
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Check Out Solar Impulse, The Solar-Powered Airplane That Can Fly Forever
Piccard has a family history of exploring - his father was a noted undersea explorer and his grandf…
Dylan Love
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3 Hi-Tech drones by IIT Kanpur students and professors that may become a part of Indian Military operations soon
IITian minds are known for coming up with some brilliant innovations. The newest is a set of three …
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NASA has a brilliant plan to make the total solar eclipse last nearly 3 times as long
Part of the challenge is that the corona is difficult to study. It's dramatically dimmer than our s…
Dave Mosher
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This Giant Solar-Powered Plane Is Going To Circumnavigate The Earth
Bloomberg's Thomas Mulier and Patrick Winters write that the duo of pilots taking turns at the cont…
Matthew DeBord
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A massive solar storm could wipe out almost all of our modern technology without warning
We'd have some warning; instruments all over the world and in space now monitor the sun every secon…