News tagged with solar particles
Explaining the Mystery of the Voyager
Feb 27, 2009 |
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With a new 3D-model for energy simulation scientists from Bochum, Germany, and Huntsville, USA, are studying the 'physical mystery' of the Voyager. Over 30 years ago the spacecraft detected particles in solar wind which were ...
Sun Often 'Tears Out A Wall' In Earth's Solar Storm Shield
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the Sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by ...
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Atmospheric 'sunshade' could reduce solar power generation
Mar 11, 2009 |
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The concept of delaying global warming by adding particles into the upper atmosphere to cool the climate could unintentionally reduce peak electricity generated by large solar power plants by as much as one-fifth, ...
Signs of ideal surfing conditions spotted in ocean of solar wind
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick have found what could be the signal of ideal wave "surfing" conditions for individual particles within the massive turbulent ocean of the solar wind. The discovery ...
Energy simulation may explain turbulence mystery
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new 3D model linking magnetic fields to the transfer of energy in space might help solve a physics mystery first observed in the solar wind 15 years ago.
Silver Nanoparticles Give Polymer Solar Cells A Boost
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Small bits of metal may play a new role in solar power. Researchers at Ohio State University are experimenting with polymer semiconductors that absorb the sun’s energy and generate electricity. The goal: ...
Scientists bid adieu to plucky solar probe
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 30, 2009 |
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US and European scientists were Tuesday bidding farewell to the tenacious solar probe Ulysses which has been recording data around the sun for more than 18 years, four times longer than planned.
Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) ...
Research gives new insights into 4 billion year-old meteorites
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have gained new insight into the makeup of ancient meteorites called Carbonaceous Chondrites, in research published in the October edition of the journal Earth Science and Planetary Le ...
New Transient Radiation Belt Discovered at Saturn
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Scientists using the Cassini spacecraft's Magnetospheric Imaging instrument (MIMI) have detected a new, temporary radiation belt at Saturn, located around the orbit of its moon Dione at about 377 000 km ...
IBEX spacecraft detects fast neutral hydrogen coming from the moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2009 |
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NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their existence.
Watching solar activity muddle Earth's magnetic field
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that extreme solar activity drastically compresses the magnetosphere and modifies the composition of ions in near-Earth space. They are now looking to model how these ...
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