Flying the Sun to Safety
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When the Genesis capsule comes back to Earth with its samples of the sun, helicopter pilots will be waiting for it, ready to snag it out of the sky.
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PARIS -- Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe, and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed yesterday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.
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A scientist using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has found a way to forecast solar radiation storms.
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Solar rays can help protect against some cancers and heart disease, say scientists
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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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It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this:In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous storms.
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WASHINGTON -- After three dark years, the sun finally peeked through yesterday at the Aerospace Industries Association&#39;s annual year-end review.
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When floating through space, and orbiting the Earth, an astronaut witnesses a sunset and sunrise every 45 minutes. Exploring beyond the atmosphere furthers
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The five-decade quest for cheap solar power has produced an alternative energy that's still about four times more expensive than conventional electricity. But a group of local physicists, engineers and astronomers hope to be the first to break the cost barrier of solar energy.
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Twin NASA spacecraft have beamed back spectacular views of the sun, helping scientists track violent solar storms that can fry satellites and overload power lines on Earth.
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How do you photograph the sun's yearly figure-eight path in the sky? With a huge amount of patience, say the small handful of photographers who have managed the tricky feat. By Amit Asaravala.
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THE year is 2007. A five-seater spacecraft powers away from an aeroplane &quot;mother ship&quot; ten miles above the Mojave Desert in the United States and shoots into the stratosphere.
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A piece of the Sun is set to fall to Earth and be captured by Hollywood stunt pilots in a tricky mid-air manoeuvre, NASA announced on Thursday.
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Science & environment: Flight goes ahead despite thermal shield cracks as two missions are headed by women for first time.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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The International Heliophysical Year -- a year of scientific study involving space weather -- started Monday with a ceremony in Austria.  The ceremony at the U.N.
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The ancient art of sailing gets a space-age update next year with the launch of the first sunlight-propelled &quot;solar sail&quot; spacecraft.