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When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

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SNCF, the national railway company of France, is exploring the use of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules on railway tracks. The latest container-based solar-plus-storage plant developed by AREP, an SNCF ...

The research, yet to be peer-reviewed, sheds light on what could have changed the orbits of several planets in the solar ...

This article originally appeared on DarrowEverett’s site and is shared with permission. As the energy sector continues to ...

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