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How did the solar system form

Concise explanation of how the solar system started.

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http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/planets-solar-system/formation/index.html

Listen as Solar Flare Engulfs Radio Waves

Listen the sound a solar flare makes and other read answers to questions on space weather.

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2013/02/06/listen-as-solar-flare-engulfs-radio-waves/

Solar Energy Technology

Photovoltaic (or PV) cells convert light energy into electricity. This site looks at the development of photovoltaics as a domestic and industrial source of energy, including some quite detailed ...

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http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/solar.html

The Nine Planets

Extensive overview of our solar system, covering history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of planets, moons, asteroids in our solar system, with many links.

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http://www.nineplanets.org/

Interactive Map of the Universe

A very graphic site with short details about the Earth and solar system with pictures starting at Earth diameter and moving away to the edge of the solar system and finally to the local group of ...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/spacemap/index.shtml

Solar eclipse

An animation (with explanation) of the sun, moon and the earth, showing the arrangement during a solar eclipse , plus a synchronized view from earth.

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http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/solar/index.html

Build a Solar System

This website does all the calculations you need to build a scale model of the solar system and visualise the vastness of space.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/

Solar Furnace

A description of how a large solar furnace can be constructed

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http://www.amasci.com/amateur/mirror.html

How Solar Cells Work

A brief description of how Solar (or photovoltaic) Cells work. Part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell.htm

How Solar Yard Lights Work

A brief description of how Solar Yard Lamps work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. A good, understandable site.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/solar-light.htm
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