Earth hit by strongest solar storm in 20 years
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Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak disturbances that quickly become more violent.
Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and stronger explosions that accelerated particles to extreme speeds.
Astronomers have identified a rare sednoid called Ammonite, an icy object beyond Neptune that offers new insight into the solar system’s early history.
Tesla has updated its online configurator with a new solar panel heavily emphasizing its US manufacturing at Gigafactory New
With tax credits worth up to 30% of the cost of a new solar residential system no longer being offered, companies predict a drop in sales.
Solar and renewables are vying with fintech and payments as the top draws for African venture capital, with investors viewing energy projects as the most attractive on the continent’s startup scene, a study found.
Research conducted by an international team of astronomers from Southwest Research Institute, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences in India and the Max Planck Institute in Germany could help predict upcoming solar cycle activity.
The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.
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