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China enters emerging Thai solar market

Thailand'sabundantsunshineisnolongeronlyforsea-bathingtourists,butalsoforbusinesseslookingtoharnessnaturalresources.ChinesecompanyTalesunSolarTechnologieshasent

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Dutch team wins Australia solar-powered car race 7th time

ADutchteamwonasolar-poweredcarraceacrossAustraliaforaseventhtimeThursday,withaUniversityofMichigancartakingsecondplaceinthebiennialevent.TheNuonteam’sNuna9carav

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Dubai to operate world's largest solar power project

Dubaiwillimplementtheworld'slargestConcentratedSolarPower(CSP)projectvaluedat14.2billiondirhams(3.87billionUSdollars),UAEdailyGulfnewsreportedonSaturday.TheCSPp

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NASA captures images of strong solar flares

Twohigh-intensitysolarflareswereemittedonWednesday,thesecondofwhichwasthemostintenserecordedsincethestartofthissuncycleinDecember2008,NASAsaid.Theseradiationfla

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Asteroid family is as old as the Solar System itself

To date, astronomers haven't seen asteroid families (that is, asteroids with a common source) in the Solar System older than about 3 billion years -- well after the star system came to be 4.5 billion years ago.

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Asteroid family is as old as the Solar System itself

Todate,astronomershaven'tseenasteroidfamilies(thatis,asteroidswithacommonsource)intheSolarSystemolderthanabout3billionyears--wellafterthestarsystemcametobe4.5bi

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China's "24 Solar Terms" inscribed on UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

​The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has adopted a decision that China's "The Twenty-Four Solar Terms" be inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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Potentially habitable planet found around nearest star: study

Researchers have found a planet orbiting the closest star to the Solar System, and it may be the closest possible home for life outside the Solar System, according to a study published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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Solar plane lands in Egypt on penultimate leg of world tour

An airplane powered by energy from the sun arrived on Wednesday in Egypt, the penultimate stop on the first fuel-free flight around the globe.

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Brazilian scientists discover Jupiter-like planet

​Brazilian scientists have led the discovery of a new Jupiter-like planet that raises the possibility of a second planetary system like ours, Brazil's G1 news website reported Wednesday.