News articles tagged with 'solar'
A mid-level solar flare seen by NASA
— 4 May 2013 18:26 | AstronomyA mid-level solar flare, peaking on 3 May, was seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. This flare was classified as an M5.7-class flare. M-class flares are the weakest ones. They…
New NASA missions to investigate how Mars turned hostile
— 19 Nov 2011 15:46 | AstronomyMaybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that's appropriate. The…
Nanoparticles improve solar collection efficiency
— 6 Apr 2011 18:19 | TechnologyUsing minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency - and profitability…
Formaldehyde: Poison could have set the stage for the origins of life
— 6 Apr 2011 17:22 | ChemistryFormaldehyde, a poison and a common molecule throughout the universe, is likely the source of the solar system's organic carbon solids - abundant in both comets and asteroids. Scientists…
Frozen comet had a watery past, University of Arizona scientists find
— 6 Apr 2011 15:46 | AstronomyFor the first time, scientists have found convincing evidence for the presence of liquid water in a comet, shattering the current paradigm that comets never get warm enough to melt…
First polymer solar-thermal device heats home, saves money
— 4 Apr 2011 18:12 | TechnologyA new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight - an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40…
Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy
— 28 Mar 2011 17:37 | TechnologyStructural studies of some of nature's most efficient light-harvesting systems are lighting the way for new generations of biologically inspired solar cell devices…
MESSENGER spacecraft to swing into orbit around Mercury
— 15 Mar 2011 21:20 | AstronomyAt 8:45 p.m. EDT on March 17, the MESSENGER spacecraft will execute a 15-minute manoeuvre that will place it into orbit around Mercury, making it the first craft ever to do so, and…
Oldest objects in solar system indicate a turbulent beginning
— 4 Mar 2011 15:42 | AstronomyScientists have found that calcium, aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs), some of the oldest objects in the solar system, formed far away from our sun and then later fell back into the…
Oxygen isotope analysis tells of the wandering life of a dust grain 4.5 billion years ago
— 4 Mar 2011 14:45 | AstronomyScientists have performed a micro-probe analysis of the core and outer layers of a pea-sized piece of a meteorite some 4.57 billion years old to reconstruct the history of its formation,…