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Celestial fireworks from dying stars

April 16, 2011

Celestial fireworks

This picture of the star formation region NGC 3582 was taken using the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The image reveals giant loops of gas ejected by dying stars that bear a striking resemblance to solar prominences.
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Record profits for Spain producer of wind energy

February 26, 2011

wind energyThe world’s largest producer of wind energy, Spain-based Iberdrola SA,  flew way analysts’ expectations last year with a whopping $4 billion in profits.
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Star Size Comparison

February 22, 2011

Star Scale

How big is our Sun compared to other stars? In a dramatic and popular video featured on YouTube, the relative sizes of planets and stars are shown from smallest to largest. The above video starts with Earth’s Moon and progresses through increasingly larger planets in our Solar System.

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Solar arch on highways

February 21, 2011

Solar arch

Designed by Tyson Steele the Solar Arch, is a concept covering for roads that can generate solar energy for the highway lighting.
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The beauty of Saturn rings

February 19, 2011

Rings1aThe rings of Saturn are the most extensive planetary ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometres to metres, that form clumps that in turn orbit about Saturn.
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Giant Solar blast erupted sending jets of charged particles at Earth

February 17, 2011

Solar blast 4The biggest solar blast in four years erupted late Monday, and it’s sending jets of charged particles right at Earth. The spray will spark bright auroras when it hits the magnetosphere in the next 24 to 48 hours.
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Sky Table

February 17, 2011

The Sky Table is a large horizontal building suspended above six blocks of an abandoned neighborhood of a generic city. Its primary structure is a steel mesh that peels into four colossal columns that connect to plazas and parks at street level.

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Neptune completes one solar circuit since discovered

February 9, 2011

Neptune

Neptune was discovered in 1846. In 2010, astronomers observe as the farthest planet from the sun (sorry, Pluto) completes its first full solar orbit since then, a journey of some 17 billion miles.
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The Solar Cloud

February 7, 2011

Solar Cloud

Solar Cloud is a project which tap into existing structures to create new avenues for harnessing clean energy.
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Exoplanet hunter finds multi-planet Solar Systems

February 3, 2011

Exoplanet hunter Kepler

Six planet orbit Kepler-11, a sunlike star 2,000 constellation Cygnus distant in the constellation Cygnus. Those are teh second batch of data of the planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope, revealing much more possible new planets. Read more »