Category Archives: Solar System

What’s Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing)

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

So says NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. “There have been some reports lately that Solar Minimum is lasting longer than it should. That’s not true. The ongoing lull in sunspot number is well within historic norms for the solar cycle.” … Continue reading →

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The Edge of Sunshine

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

While searching about solar power I came across an interesting piece on NASA website.Though a bit old it is still relevent. Try this: Close your eyes for a moment and imagine the International Space Station (ISS), sunlit and gleaming as … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Mars Lander Digging in “Snow White” trench

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

This image was acquired by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander’s Surface Stereo Imager on the 44th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 43 (July 7, 2008), after the May 25, 2008, landing, showing the current sample scraping area in the … Continue reading →

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Solar Winds

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles—a plasma—that are ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of electrons and protons with energies of about 1 keV. These particles are able to escape the sun’s … Continue reading →

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