Wind Powered GreenBird Breaks World Record (202.9 km/h)
On the morning of March 26th, on the ‘dry’ Lake Ivanpah, The Ecotricity Greenbird driven by British engineer, Richard Jenkins smashed the world land speed record for wind powered vehicles.
Lenticular Clouds in Arizona
Streamlined lenticular clouds are created by turbulence or strong upward air movement, associated with lee wave formation. Photographer: Stan Celestian
The Dancing Aurorae of Saturn
What drives aurorae on Saturn? To help find out, scientists have sorted through hundreds of infrared images of Saturn taken by the Cassini spacecraft for other purposes, trying to find enough aurora images to correlate changes and make movies.
Sun with hydrogen-alpha filter
This stunning portrait of the sun spread like hot plasma all over the internet yesterday. Wired.com spoke with artist and astrophotographer Alan Friedman to find out how he made it.
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James Webb, the replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope
As the pieces of the James Webb Space Telescope – the next-gen replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope – come together, there’s plenty of excitement in the astronomy community, but as Nature reports, there is plenty of anxiety as well. Webb, scheduled for launch in 2014, simply has to work.
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