Monthly Archives: August 2008

Solar Power Breakthrough :A New Process Stores Energy for Later Use

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water to power a household fuel cell. If the new process developed at the Massachusetts … Continue reading →

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Signs of Hidden Ocean Underneath Titan’s Crust

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Astronomers’ mental image of Titan, the solar system’s second-largest moon, used to be that of a vast swimming pool. But maybe they should have imagined a water bed instead. Last year, researchers reported that radar mapping of Titan by the … Continue reading →

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Scientists Confirm Liquid on Saturn’s Moon Titan

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Researchers report in Nature  that they identified a dark liquid lake, surrounded by a lighter shoreline and a “beach,” on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. The foot-shaped lake is the first verified extraterrestrial body of liquid, and is likely … Continue reading →

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NASA Spacecraft Confirms Water on Mars

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Laboratory tests aboard NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander’s robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples. “We have water,” said William Boynton … Continue reading →

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