Scientists have discovered that nearby stars can have such a dramatic impact on our solar system that they can fling objects from the Oort Cloud through the alignment of plants and the sun. The Oort Cloud is a cloud on the edge of our solar system, past the orbit of Neptune some 9.23 trillion miles (14.9 trillion kilometres) from the sun, which contains billions of icy objects such as comets.
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Research published in the online journal arXiv from a team of Polish researchers found that stars which come within a 12 light-year radius of the Oort Cloud can shove objects out of their position and send them through the solar system.
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Being Alone In The Solar System Will Not Be Good For Earth
The grim topic was covered in a video released by the YouTube channel What if . It illustrated how Earth will be drastically affected if a couple or all of the planets suddenly disappeared from the Solar System.
As explained in the video, the positioning of each planet in the systems has a special purpose. Through the gravitational forces of the different planets, they have been arranged in a way that they can orbit the Sun without hitting one another.
We Know We're Made of Stardust. But Did it Come From Red Giants? - Universe Today
We've all heard this one: when you drink a glass of water, that water has already been through a bunch of other people's digestive tracts. Maybe Attila the Hun's or Vlad the Impaler's; maybe even a Tyrannosaurus Rex's.
That's what a team of researchers at ETH Zurich (Ecole polytechnique federale de Zurich) wanted to know.
Within that disc of material were dust grains that had formed around certain other stars. These special grains were distributed unevenly throughout the disc, "like salt and pepper," according to Maria Schönbächler, a professor at the Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology at ETH Zurich. As the planets of the Solar System formed, each one contained its own mixture of gas and dust, and of those special grains.
Real-to-scale solar system models to be spread around Lethbridge | LethbridgeNewsNOW| Lethbridge,
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge Astronomy Society believes their latest project will provide great educational values and recreational opportunities to the city.
President Tom Anderson wants to install models of the sun and our solar system's eight planets across the city with each being to scale in terms of their size and distance from each other.
The dome of the downtown Canada Post office would be the sun, and at approximately 5.5 meters tall, the planets would be scaled to that size.
Quite a lot has been going on:
NASA Parker Solar Probe's first discoveries: Odd phenomena in space weather and solar wind |
Last summer, NASA's Parker Solar Probe split the predawn skies in a blaze of light as it headed closer to the sun than any other spacecraft. Named for pioneering University of Chicago astrophysicist Eugene Parker, the probe has now made three of its 24 planned passes through the sun's corona—enough for scientists to announce their first discoveries.
In four papers published Dec. 4 in Nature, researchers describe strange space phenomena and a flood of new data that will help us understand everything from the nature of stars to improving our forecasting of solar storms that can affect electronics on Earth.
State eyes new charge for home solar systems starting in 2021 | Newsday
Homeowners who install solar panels would face a new fee of $3 to $10 per month to help pay for grid upgrades and green-energy programs, under a state-proposed plan. Credit: Chris Ware
Homeowners who install solar panels starting in 2021 would face a new monthly charge to help pay for grid upgrades and green-energy programs, under a plan proposed by the state Department of Public Service.
The charge, which could range from $3 to $10 or more a month, would not apply to existing solar customers whose systems are installed before Jan. 1, 2021.
Mitsubishi Motors unveils solar system, battery storage project in Japan
December 11 (Renewables Now) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (TYO:7211) on Wednesday unveiled a project to build a rooftop solar array and a battery energy storage system (BESS) at its manufacturing plant in Okazaki city, Japan.
As part of the project, Mitsubishi Corporation (TYO:8058) and Mitsubishi Corporation Power Ltd in October started building a 3-MW photovoltaic system, which will produce 3 GWh of power a year, and will gradually boost its capacity in the future. The power generated by the rooftop array, which is due to be operational in May 2020, will be used by the Okazaki plant, which produces electric vehicles. The solar panels are supplied by Jinko Solar Japan, according to the statement.
Jenna Tsui - Is Solar Energy the Solution to California's Blackouts?
The blackouts left customers scrambling for ways to keep the lights on in the future, with some Californians shelling out as much as $30,000 for home generators.
Other consumers have a different plan and think that home solar energy systems may be the solution.
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Some homeowners are already installing solar energy systems for the express purpose of keeping their homes electrified through future blackouts.
These systems — like any solar system connected to the grid — won't work when the power is turned off. Instead, they store extra energy that can be used during blackouts on large home batteries or battery systems.
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