Boffins announce a year of solar-physical fun
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International Heliophysical Year, no less Just days after the launch of THEMIS, NASA's mission to unravel the mysteries of the aurorae, the international scientific community is celebrating the start of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY).â¦
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The residents of the International Space Station will soon be able to fire up lots of new electronic gadgets, thanks to two giant solar panels for the station that astronauts successfully unfolded Thursday.
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Scientists give details of a new mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun.
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Einstein Year is launched in the UK and Ireland to inspire the next generation of physicists.
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Cars that drive themselves, park themselves and run on hydrogen. What a great year for car technology.
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Here's a countdown of the year's best handsets, Bluetooth headset and solar-powered charger.
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By Associated Press  HOUSTON -- A new set of solar panels gleamed in the sunlight Tuesday on the international space station as the freshly installed array started opening up.
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With eruptions from a large and complex sunspot group sending a series of solar storms to Earth, the stage is set for spectacular displays of the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis this week.
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Geoengineering experts reveal plans to tackle global warming with fields of crops that reflect sun's heat
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To explore deeper into our solar system, maximum efficiencies may one day be extracted from sound waves. Los Alamos scientists have engine plans drawn up for making a big bang to push a pistonless drive forward.
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A team of astronomers from the US and the UK obtain some of the clearest pictures of space ever taken.
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s a global celestial event and scientists say the annual Geminid Meteor Shower is the best astronomy show of the year.
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By Traci Watson  The residents of the International Space Station will soon be able to fire up lots of new electronic gadgets, thanks to two giant solar panels for the station that astronauts successfully unfolded Thursday.
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Solar installers look to sunny Colorado for new projects.
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By Barry, Patrick Finding a single heavy antimatter nucleus could revolutionize cosmology When summer comes to Antarctica this December, a group of physicists there will launch an enormous balloon carrying a scientific instrument through Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space-bound electricians lit up the skies on their way to make a cosmic nighttime house call.
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It's shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record.