15-05-04 The international Solar Wind Sherpas team, led by Dr. Shadia Habbal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Institute for Astronomy, braved Arctic weather to successfully observe the total solar eclipse of March 20 from Longyearbyen on the island of Sp...

15-04-17 Rooftops on new buildings built in commercial zones in France must either be partially covered in plants or solar panels, under a law approved on Thursday. 法国议会3月19日通过新法案，规定法国商业区的新建筑物屋顶须由植物或太阳能电池板部分覆盖。 Green...

15-04-13 The Solar Impulse 2 is expected to take off from Chongqing on Thursday now to continue its around-the-world flight. 阳光动力2号预计将于本周二从重庆起飞，继续其环球世界之旅。 Support crew members of Solar Impulse 2 The plane is originally scheduled t...

15-04-09 Within the first 150 million years after our solar system formed, a giant body roughly the size of Mars struck and merged with Earth, blasting a huge cloud of rock and debris into space. This cloud would eventually coalesce and form the moon. For al...

15-04-08 The Sun undergoes a type of seasonal variability with its activity waxing and waning over the course of nearly two years, according to a new study by a team of researchers led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This behavior aff...

15-03-31 The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 has landed in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. 由太阳能驱动的太阳脉冲2号已降落于中国西南部城市重庆。 With the familiar line of LEDs on the front, Solar Impulse 2, the world\s only solar powered aircraft, fl...

15-01-15 Meteors that have crashed to Earth have long been regarded as relics of the early solar system. These craggy chunks of metal and rock are studded with chondrules -- tiny, glassy, spherical grains that were once molten droplets. Scientists have thoug...

15-01-12 In an unusual study, Norwegian scientists claim people born during periods of solar calm may live around five years longer than those born when the sun is feisty. 挪威科学家进行的一项与众不同的研究称：出生于太阳平静期的人的寿命可能比出生于太阳活跃期...

14-12-18 NASA satellite instruments have observed a marked increase in solar radiation absorbed in the Arctic since the year 2000 -- a trend that aligns with the steady decrease in Arctic sea ice during the same period. While sea ice is mostly white and refl...

14-12-08 UNSW Australia's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The record efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being independently confi...