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Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture.

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Solar-powered floating islands could help to regrow coral reefs

NOAA says ‘extreme’ Solar storm will persist through the weekend

NASA's Maven spacecraft detects dramatic changes in Mars atmosphere | Solar wind almost disappeared, and the Red planet began to 'breathe' again

10 Events To Book For October’s ‘Ring Of Fire’ Solar Eclipse—While You Still Can

Uncharted Solar Realms: Camera “Hack” Lets Solar Orbiter Peer Deeper Into Sun’s Atmosphere

Celestron EclipSmart Travel Solar Scope 50 telescope review

Solar Orbiter Captures Extreme-Ultraviolet Images of Sun’s Corona

Eight Solar Eclipse Festivals For 2024 To Book Before It’s Too Late

Voyage to the Sun: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 16th Close Approach

W Herschel used a 10 foot telescope to study the Sun in 1801 and hypothesized that the sun was a solid Earth-like sphere with atmosphere. 60 years later, J Herschel noted that patterns on the solar surface could be igneous snowflakes, giant fish swimming in the photosphere, or monsters

A 'double punch' of solar storms could smash into Earth and spark widespread auroras this week

Solar Maximum Could Hit Us Harder and Sooner Than We Thought

Jules Janssen developed high spatial resolution photography of the solar photosphere in the late 19th century. Images of granules and small sunspots were recorded on 6000 plates through a special telescope but 99 % were destroyed or lost

How wireless energy from space could power everything : « Ali Hajimiri explains the principles behind wireless energy transfer and shares his far-out vision for launching flexible solar panels into space in order to collect sunlight, convert it to electrical power and then beam it down to Earth. »

Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed

Our infant solar system may have survived a nearby supernova explosion

NASA Reports ‘X1’ Solar Flare As Sun’s Activity Hits 21 Year Peak

Strong Solar Flare From A Gargantuan Sunspot May Be Just The Beginning

The Sun Just Unleashed a Huge Solar Flare, Triggers Radio Blackout in US

Intensely Powerful X1.0 Solar Flare Witnessed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory