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I want to learn about our solar system
How do solar cells work?
Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
Three alternative ways to charge your iPod
All about... the Venus transit
SODIS - A place in the sun
Under Sunveillance
How do we know how far away the moon is?
Satellites on the blink
Alien spotting comes down to Earth
Your life on Mars
A beginners' guide to exoplanets
Windbelt - Reinventing wind power
Truckin' Around the Solar System
A resource that links to many sites about our solar system. The "internet field trip" sites are very good - well thought out contextual links.
Solar System Simulator
Great simulator allows you to view the solar system at any time and from any viewpoint.
How Solar Eclipses Work
A brief description of how Solar Eclipses work and the different types of eclipses. Part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
National Solar Observatory Digital Library
Recent solar images, coronal scans, Ca-K and red images. Library of images available.
A Spanish Breakthrough in Harnessing Solar Power
A Spanish company is working on harnessing solar power by focusing the sun's ray to turn turbines.
More than sunshine
Feature article explain all the different activities of the sun from the solar wind to coronal mass ejections
Solar Wind
Explanation of this phenomenon, the flux of charged particles from the sun, and links to related areas.