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April 2010
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What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather.   |
Geotimes
June 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies. |
Science News
September 30, 2006 |
Science Safari: Space Weather News Updated daily, this Web site provides news of activity in the sun-Earth environment. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
Todd Hoeksema: A Flare for All Things Solar The researcher at the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford University in California helped NASA create a new "roadmap" for future solar physics research. |
National Defense
February 2012
Dan Parsons |
Catastrophic Solar Flare Scenario Touches Off Stormy Debate Energy from solar flares can harm electrical grids on Earth, but a new study says the sun probably won't plunge the United States into the Dark Ages, as some theorists have said. |
Industrial Physicist
Dec 2003/Jan 2004
Dawn Lenz |
Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations. |
Geotimes
May 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Sunspot Outlook 2012 The future of the sun appears spotty, according to some solar scientists. By incorporating physical observations of the sun into a model, some scientists predict that the sun will boast more sunspots during its next cycle than previous estimates anticipated. |
National Defense
January 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Earth Needs More Robust Early Warning Space Weather Systems The challenge for the space community is making lawmakers who hold the purse strings understand the importance of space weather forecast, and the impact that events can have on modern technology. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Erin Biba |
Prepare for the Worst, Because Solar Storms Are About to Get Ugly Scientists discovered a signal that solar windstorms are on the way and some are predicting that at its peak (in about four years) things are gonna get nasty. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Sun Stays Sluggish as Weathermen Fight for Anti-Ice Age Funding With a debate over implications on climate change at stake, solar researchers in Canada have been finding new lows in magnetic field outputs from the sun. |
National Defense
November 2011
Dan Parsons |
Solar Storms Could Plunge Nation into Darkness Researchers are racing to understand the effects its energy might have on the U.S power grids in hopes that potential cataclysm can be avoided. |
Popular Mechanics
September 24, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling. |
| AskMen.com |
NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
New Flare for Space Weather Prediction Solar flares are not uncommon, and the potential devastation to earth-bound technology and to astronauts is driving researchers to improve existing prediction capabilities. |
National Defense
May 2009
Robert H. Williams |
Carbon Film Enhances Space Probe Diamond like carbon films that were developed at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are being used on NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer to help determine how solar wind interacts with the matter that exists between stars. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 6, 2010
Scott Aronowitz |
NASA Launches Student Site The National Aeronautics Space Administration has launched a Web site aimed specifically at teenagers that gives them access to current NASA spacecraft data, potentially taking school science projects to a new level. |
D-Lib
April 2005 |
D-Lib Featured Collection April 2005: IMAGES Images acquired before and during a magnetic storm, showing the buildup of energetic particles surrounding the Earth during the storm's main phase. Courtesy of the IMAGE HENA Team and NASA. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Sara Pratt |
Solar Storms Strip Water Off Mars For the first time, scientists have observed a solar superstorm with an array of spacecraft scattered throughout the solar system providing data that may help to explain the disappearance of water from Mars. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Solar Stocks Are On Fire The EU and Germany give some hope to the solar industry. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Jean Kumagai |
Protecting the Power Grid From Solar Storms New spacecraft will aid forecasts of space weather. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
NASA's New Spacecraft Will Touch The Sun Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins University are working on a space probe that will literally touch the surface of the sun. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Sunny Days for Your Green Portfolio There's a new ETF for those looking to cash in on sun power. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2004 |
NASA Sites Provide Educational Space Exploration Space adventures for K-12 students are just a click away on NASA's educational Web site... Noticiencias NASA is an online Spanish-language resource for students in grades K-5... |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2011
Travis Hoium |
A Reflective Solar Revolution SunPower is still making all the right moves in solar. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2009
Toby Shute |
Space-Based Solar? That's Just Silly One small step by PG&E, one giant leap of faith in unproven technology. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Oil and Solar Become Partners Chevron is testing concentrated solar energy to make its oil wells more efficient. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2008
Jack Uldrich |
Solar's Long-Term Forecast Is Sunny Since the beginning of the year, solar stocks have gone bone-chillingly cold. But, a rough start to 2008 doesn't diminish the sector's long-term potential. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2011
Travis Hoium |
First Solar is Still the Safest Bet in Solar Leading costs, heavy spending in R&D, and a large project development team are defending First Solar's leading position in the solar sector. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2011
Harsh Chauhan |
1 Promising Chinese Solar Stock for the Long Run A number of factors make LDK Solar a good long-term proposition. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2010
Travis Hoium |
First Solar Gets a Big Contract First Solar adds 380 MW of orders from European customers. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Harsh Chauhan |
A Great Bet in Solar First Solar's dominance could probably see it through the industry turmoil. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
Travis Hoium |
A Silver Lining for JA Solar With 90% of production under contract for 2011, the market is overreacting to JA Solar's weak quarter. |
Chemistry World
July 2009
Ned Stafford |
Hoisting the solar sail Flying through space by catching sunlight on ultra-thin sails could revolutionize space travel - and the idea could soon take off. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2011
Reza Handley-Namavar |
What's Up With Solar? How to profit from the recent drop in solar company prices. |
Popular Mechanics
March 3, 2008
Brian Lisi |
Satellite Snaps Multiple Avalanches on Northern Cliffs of Mars NASA's long observation of the Red Planet has rarely sent home as stunning an in-progress geological change as this: not one, but four avalanches tumbling from the Martian north pole. |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2007
Toby Shute |
China Sunergy's Silicon Squeeze Investors, don't forget to consider the solar cell company's ability to obtain silicon wafers. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
Brian D. Pacampara |
Evergreen Solar Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of solar panel specialist Evergreen Solar tumbled as low as 11% in intraday trading on unusually high volume. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2008 |
Vulnerable Computers NASA's networks and Web sites, built to be accessible to contractors, have suffered numerous intrusions. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Big Oil Takes a Plunge Into Solar Total is offering to buy 60% of SunPower. Is this the start of a trend? |
Smithsonian
May 2007
Eric Jaffe |
Return of the Sun Cult In Peru, scientists discover the oldest solar observatory in the Americas |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Travis Hoium |
JA Solar Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know JA Solar shares fell 11% in trading today on news the Chinese government is raising interest rates and concerns about U.S. complaints China is subsidizing solar. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Boeing Basks in the Sun A new solar breakthrough could expand a subsidiary's business. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2011
Travis Hoium |
First Solar Comes Out With a Thud The solar earnings season has begun and it isn't pretty. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Evergreen Solar Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Evergreen Solar shares bounced 12% in late trading Monday on unusually high volume. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2011
Travis Hoium |
GT Solar Is Seeing Green The solar supplier reported a blowout quarter, but is this as good as it gets? |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2011
Jared Cummans |
Wednesday's ETF to Watch: Guggenheim Solar Global unrest makes a solar ETF a good fund to watch. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2010
Joseph Calamia |
Solar Sailing Several solar sails are set for launch |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Veeco Wants Some CIGS Veeco Instruments stands to benefit from the solar industry's transition to CIGS-enhanced thin-film solar cells. This may be a company to keep an eye on. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Toby Shute |
Why Did Solar Stocks Get Clocked? Why were 14 out of the 15 top losing stocks of one day solar stocks? |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2012
John Kappenman |
A Perfect Storm of Planetary Proportions The approach of the solar maximum is an urgent reminder that power grids everywhere are more vulnerable than ever to geomagnetic effects |
