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Indian Railway solarises more than 960 stations
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Indian Railways has solarised more than 960 stations till date, in order to achieve its objective of becoming 100 per cent self-sustainable for all it's power needs and also to contribute to national solar power goals.
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Indian Railways to become 'Atma Nirbhar', set to meet all energy needs and
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Indian Railways would meet its energy consumption needs of more than 33 billion units by 2030, said Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal during a meeting with key stakeholders on Thursday, adding that solar plants of 20 GW capacity would be installed by the s
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Follow the Perseverance Rover in real-time on its way to Mars
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): The last time we saw NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA's Eyes on the Solar System, you can follow in real-time as humanity's most sophistic
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Astronomers discover 100 'cool worlds' near Sun
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hawaii [US], August 18 (ANI): Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun -- objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs.
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Sun may have started life with binary companion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], August 18 (ANI): A new theory published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from Harvard University suggests that the Sun may once have had a binary companion of similar mass.
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PM to deliver inaugural address at First World Solar Technology Summit on
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the First World Solar Technology Summit virtually on September 8.
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NASA's planet hunter TESS completes primary mission
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Maryland [US], August 12 (ANI): NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), on July 4, finished its primary mission imaging about 75 per cent of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey. In capturing this giant mosaic, TESS has found 66 new exoplanets, or worlds beyond our s
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Emmvee, a trusted solar energy partner since 1992
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): Emmvee, since its inception in 1992, has been a pioneer in manufacturing and developing innovative Solar Photovoltaic Modules and Solar Water Heating Systems.
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NASA sounding rocket finds helium structures in Sun's atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 8 (ANI): Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. But scientists are not sure just how much there actually is in the Sun's atmosphere, where it is hard to measure.
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Akatsuki reveals giant cloud disruption on Venus unnoticed for 35 years
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 6 (ANI): In the cloudy heavens of Venus, an enormous atmospheric disruption, not yet seen elsewhere in the solar system, has been rapidly propagating at around 50 kilometers above the hidden surface, keeping unnoticed for at least 35 years.
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The quiet Sun is much more active than we thought
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Aug 4 (ANI): Solar activity varies in 11-year cycles. As the activity cycle switches to a new one, the Sun is usually very calm for several years.
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NASA Sun data helps new model predict big solar flares
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 1 (ANI): Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun's biggest flares from the last solar cycle, out of a set of nine.
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