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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
- SODIS - A place in the sun
- Satellites on the blink
- Alien spotting comes down to Earth
- A beginners' guide to exoplanets
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How Solar Sails Work
A brief description of how Solar Sails work and solar spacecraft design This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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The solar system
Very descriptive site, answers many questions about the solar system. Lesson plans provided. An interactive site where users can learn about the solar system and other space related topics.
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Solar System Live
The Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery of the Web. You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars).
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Today's Space Weather
The Space Environment Center (SEC) provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops techniques for ...
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What is a solar sail?
Could a spaceship be powered by the sun's energy? An introduction to solar sails.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Space Environment Centre.
The Space Environment Center provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops techniques for forecasting ...
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Solar Stormwatch
Help scientists spot solar storms and track them across space to Earth in this great citizen science project.
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Solar power
An overview from the BBC on solar energy.
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MISER _ Malcolm's Interactive Solar Evaluation Resource
Description of a method of observing sunspots, with pictures and animated diagrams of solar rotation.
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National Solar Observatory
Details on the observatories and the advanced technology solar telescope with results of the long term investigation of the sun and archive facilities.
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