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The solar wind, explained

The solar wind is a flow of particles that comes off the sun at about one million miles per hour and travels throughout the entire solar system. First proposed in the 1950s by University of Chicago physicist Eugene Parker, the solar wind is visible i.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMar 11th, 2021

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s ending, explained

Anya Taylor-Joy plays a young Furiosa in George Miller's most recent entry into the Mad Max Saga. Does she get her revenge against Christ Hemsworth's Dementus?.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

Germany has too many solar panels, and it"s pushed energy prices into negative territory

Germany has too many solar panels, and it"s pushed energy prices into negative territory.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMay 24th, 2024

Earth 2.0 or its evil twin? Discovery of Earth-sized planet could shed light on conditions necessary for life

The discovery of a planet similar to Venus around a star in the neighborhood of the solar system raises hopes that astronomers may someday unlock the secret to why life appeared on Earth......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

International planet hunters unveil massive catalog of strange worlds

While thousands of planets have been discovered around other stars, relatively little is known about them. A NASA catalog featuring 126 exotic, newly discovered worlds includes detailed measurements that allow for comparisons with our own solar syste.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

Finding the age of a contact binary "moon"

There are millions of asteroids floating around the solar system. With so many of them, it should be no surprise that some are weirdly configured. A recent example of one of these weird configurations was discovered when Lucy, NASA's mission to the T.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

Could alien solar panels be technosignatures?

If alien technological civilizations exist, they almost certainly use solar energy. Along with wind, it's the cleanest, most accessible form of energy, at least here on Earth. Driven by technological advances and mass production, solar energy on Eart.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

New Saturn-mass exoplanet detected by astronomers

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Saturn-mass planet orbiting a solar-type star known as TOI-2447. The finding was reported in a research paper published May 12 on the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

"Planetary parade" to start in June

First came a rare solar eclipse, followed by the northern lights, fueled by a solar storm. The next celestial phenomenon will come next month, when skygazers can look forward to an alignment known as a "planetary parade.".....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

How MultiVersus worked Jason Voorhees into a kid-friendly fighting game

The design director of MultiVersus explained how R-rated horror icon Jason Voorhees was brought to the cartoonish crossover fighting game......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 23rd, 2024

NASA"s heliophysics experiment to study the sun on European mission

NASA announced Tuesday it selected a new instrument to study the sun and how it creates massive solar eruptions. The agency's Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation, or JEDI, will capture images of the sun in extreme ultraviolet light, a type of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

West Coast seabird study shows how they might one day share the air with wind turbines

One day, wind turbines may float off the coasts of California and southern Oregon, providing clean, renewable energy to millions of homes. But before construction can start, researchers are studying how to minimize the potential wind farms' impact on.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

First observation of a focused plasma wave on the sun

For the first time, scientists have observed plasma waves from a solar flare focused by a coronal hole, akin to the focusing of sound waves responsible for the Rotunda effect in architecture or the focusing of light by a telescope or microscope......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

The origin of the sun"s magnetic field could lie close to its surface

The sun's surface is a brilliant display of sunspots and flares driven by the solar magnetic field, which is internally generated through a process called dynamo action. Astrophysicists have assumed that the sun's field is generated deep within the s.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

All Minecraft biomes, explained

Minecraft has many biomes that each have their own look and set of materials and mobs. These are all the biomes and what you can expect to find in them......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 22nd, 2024

Double-pulse LIBS technology provides environmentally friendly analysis of deep-sea materials

The seabed contains large quantities of valuable minerals and metals that are urgently needed for modern technologies such as electric cars and wind turbines. However, discovering these deposits has so far been complicated. Diving robots use grippers.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

The habitable worlds observatory could see lunar and solar "exo-eclipses"

A future space observatory could use exo-eclipses to tease out exomoon populations......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

NASA tool prepares to image faraway planets

The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system by testing new tools that block starlight, revealing planets hidden by the glare of their.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

Exploring the depths: How iron snow could unlock the secrets of life on Europa

Ever since the tantalizing discovery of icy ocean worlds within our own solar system, such as Europa and Enceladus, scientists have been captivated by the possibility of life lurking beneath their frozen surfaces......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

All Pokémon natures explained: full list of natures and stat changes

Every Pokémon you catch has a nature that plays a part in their effectiveness in combat. We've compiled a list of all natures and what to expect from them......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMay 21st, 2024

New quantum dot approach can enhance electrical conductivity of solar cells

A team led by Professor Jongmin Choi of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering has developed a PbS quantum dot that can rapidly enhance the electrical conductivity of solar cells. The findings are published in the journal Small......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 20th, 2024