Recent Solar Storms Pumped 26 billion Kilowatts of Energy into Earth’s Atmosphere
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 23, 2012
The recent solar activity did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. Researchers say the solar storms of March 8th through 10th dumped enough energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years. “This was the biggest dose of heat we’ve received from a solar storm since [...]
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Venerable Voyager 2 Spacecraft Gets a Tune-up 14 billion Kilometers From Earth
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 17, 2011
Artist's concept of NASA's Voyager spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Every mechanic loves to tinker with a machine to give it optimum operating efficiency. But this latest engineering feat involving the Voyager 2 spacecraft wins the prize for longest distance tune-up. Akin to servicing an old car to increase gas mileage, engineers at JPL sent commands [...]
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