Sun setting on Japan’s solar energy boom
The sun is setting on Japan’s clean-energy boom, despite projects like a massive floating solar farm near Tokyo, as the government cuts subsidies and bets on nuclear and coal-fired power, critics...
Highlights from a Decade of JAXA and NASA’s Hinode Solar Observatory
Since its launch on Sept. 22, 2006, Hinode, a joint mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, has been watching the sun nearly non-stop, providing valuable insight into our...
A 100% solar powered women’s cooperative… A dream come true?
Anyone who is interested in accomplishing two goals at a time, might be interested in this article. If you see that empowering women is important, and care about the future of our planet Earth, then...
Send eclipse Glasses so that children in Africa safely view the sun!
On September the 1st, the moon will cross the face of the Sun, so an eclipse will cross Africa. This event will be an opportunity to have a “natural” science lesson, especially that most...
Plasma Rain on Sun’s Surface
On July 24, 2016, NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, captured a mid-level solar flare: a sudden flash of bright light on the solar limb – the horizon of the sun – as seen at the...
Astronomers reveal a breathtaking world… Triple sunrises, sunsets Everyday!!
Who doesn’t like watching a scenery of a beautiful sunset, or even sunrise?… Now imagine that you could see these sceneries 3 times per day, wouldn’t it be breathtaking? It is not...
For some U.K. teens, sun doesn’t provide enough vitamin D
At one point in the year, almost 80 percent of teens in a UK study had insufficient vitamin D that should come from sun exposure, and one quarter had insufficient levels even at the peak of summer,...
