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A Brief History of Solar Sails
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 01, 2008 |
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sō’lar sāil, n. - A gossamer material that, when unfurled in the vacuum of space, feels the pressure of sunlight and propelled by said pressure may carry a ship among the stars.
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Model Reveals How Plasma from Superstorms Affects Near-Earth Space
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2008 |
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NASA scientists have uncovered new details about how plasma from superstorms interact with Earth’s magnetosphere.
Planetary Society plans new 'solar sail'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the ...
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age.
Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency?
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Nuclear Engineer Lonnie Johnson, best known for his invention of the super soaker squirt gun, has recently designed a new type of solar energy technology that he says can achieve a conversion efficiency rate ...
Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for more than two years. Now, for the first time, solar physicists might understand why.
Ulysses spacecraft data indicate Solar System shield lowering
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission show that the Sun has reduced its output of solar wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings have become available. This current state of ...
Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like ...
Solar Cells Can Take the Heat
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Solar cells have attracted global attention as one of the cornerstones of alternative energy. In theory, it seems to make abundant sense to tap into the energy of the sun to convert light to electricity with little or no ...
Exploring planets in distant space and deep interiors
Feb 14, 2009 |
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In recent years researchers have found hundreds of new planets beyond our solar system, raising questions about the origins and properties of these exotic worlds—not to mention the possible presence of life. Speaking at a ...
Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 08, 2008 |
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Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. The researchers defined the role high pressure ...
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