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The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think

Both China and the US, the world's top carbon emitters, are racing ahead with solar panels and wind turbines. It is even looking like we may soon see the beginning of the end for fossil fuels

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Is cheap, clean energy finally here?

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Our solar system might be 1.1 million years older than we thought

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Our solar system might be 1.1 million years older than we thought

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This artist concept portrays the star PDS 70 and its inner protoplanetary disc

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Water seen in young planet system shows Earth may have always been wet

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Could we put out the sun with a sun-sized orb of water?

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Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight

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Our solar system could be hiding an extra planet the size of Uranus

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Orion Nebula in Infrared NASA ID: PIA25434 This new image of the Orion Nebula produced using previously released data from three telescopes shows two enormous caverns carved out by unseen giant stars that can release up to a million times more light than our Sun. All that radiation breaks apart dust grains there, helping to create the pair of cavities. Much of the remaining dust is swept away when the stars produce wind or when they die explosive deaths as supernovae. This infrared image shows dust but no stars. Blue light indicates warm dust heated by unseen massive stars. Observed in infrared light ? a range of wavelengths outside what human eyes can detect ? the views were provided by NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which now operates under the moniker NEOWISE. Spitzer and WISE were both managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, ...more 508 Description:This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it's possible to see hot spots where new stars are forming, while unseen bright, massive stars have carved out caverns of empty space. Date Created:2022-11-22 Center:JPL Keywords: Herschel Space Observatory , Spitzer Space Telescope , Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) , Orion Nebula Secondary Creator Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech Visit JPL Website

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Under Alien Skies review: A terrific guide to our spectacular universe

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Bendy solar panels are just as good as regular ones

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Bendy solar panels are just as good as regular ones

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A wind farm in South Lanarkshire, UK

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Software update for world’s wind farms could power millions more homes

An AI that predicts wind changes could boost wind turbine efficiency by 0.3 per cent, which globally would amount to enough extra electricity to keep a country running

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Photos of solar sheep and an eco-winery capture Italy’s green journey

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What are the prospects for life on the icy moons Europa and Enceladus?

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Breathtaking JWST image of Uranus shows rings, clouds and a polar cap

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Dazzlingly detailed photo of a record solar tornado '14 Earths tall'

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