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NASA’s Twin TRACERS Satellites Will Monitor Space Weather to Shield Earth from Solar Storms
- Monday July 21, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s TRACERS satellites will fly in tandem through Earth’s polar cusps to study magnetic storms and solar wind effects. The mission aims to improve predictions of space weather events that threaten satellites, power grids, and astronauts, offering new insight into magnetic reconnection and helping protect vital systems from the hazards of int...
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www.gadgets360.com
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India Achieves 50% Green Energy Milestone, 5 Years Ahead Of Paris Agreement Target
- Wednesday July 16, 2025
- India News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
India has hit a major clean energy milestone, achieving 50 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, five years ahead of the 2030 target set under the Paris Agreement.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA’s Parker Probe Sends Closest-Ever Images from Inside the Sun’s Corona
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has achieved a solar milestone by capturing the closest-ever images of the Sun, taken just 3.8 million miles from its surface in December 2024. These WISPR images reveal unprecedented details of the corona, solar wind, and CME collisions. Scientists say this breakthrough will improve our ability to forecast space weather...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Adani Group's New Ad Campaign "Sun To Every Village" Boosts Solar Power
- Tuesday July 8, 2025
- India News | Asian News International
The Adani Group launched a new advertisement on Tuesday, emphasising its efforts to expand solar energy and provide electricity to all villages of India.
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www.ndtv.com
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MAVEN Reveals How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere and Became a Barren World
- Saturday June 7, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of "sputtering"—a powerful atmospheric escape process where solar wind particles blast atoms off Mars. The newly published study confirms that this process played a major role in the Red Planet’s transformation from a once-wet, habitable world to its current barren state. Argon ga...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Ghost In The Machine? Rogue Communication Devices Found In Chinese Inverters
- Wednesday May 14, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Rogue components are found in Chinese-produced power inverters by U.S experts. Power inverters are used throughout the world to connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bhutan Explores Green Crypto Mining To Boost Economy, Curb Brain Drain
- Thursday April 17, 2025
- World News | Reuters
The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its economy and create jobs to reduce brain drain, the chief executive of its sovereign wealth fund said.
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www.ndtv.com
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India Ranks As 3rd-Largest Generator Of Wind, Solar Power: Report
- Tuesday April 8, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
India became the world's third-largest producer of electricity from wind and solar energy in 2024, overtaking Germany, to according to a new report published on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Massive Coronal Hole on Sun Sends High-Speed Solar Wind Toward Earth
- Tuesday February 4, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A giant 800,000 km coronal hole on the Sun is unleashing high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially triggering a G1 geomagnetic storm on January 31 and February 1. The NOAA has issued a watch, predicting enhanced auroras in higher latitudes. While G1 storms are minor, they can impact satellites and power grids. The storm’s intensity remains ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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AI Enhances Northern Lights Classification and Geomagnetic Storm Forecasting
- Friday January 10, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A breakthrough in auroral research, powered by artificial intelligence, has allowed scientists to classify over 700 million auroral images. This effort, using NASA's THEMIS dataset, will significantly enhance the prediction of geomagnetic storms, which can disrupt Earth's communication and security systems. Led by the University of New Hampshire, t...
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www.gadgets360.com
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X-Class Solar Flare From Sunspot 3912 Causes Radio Blackouts in Southern Africa
- Thursday December 12, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A powerful X-class solar flare erupted from sunspot region 3912 on December 8, disrupting high-frequency radio communications in southern Africa. The flare, accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), ionised Earth’s upper atmosphere, absorbing radio signals and causing blackouts in areas exposed to peak solar activity. Experts predict the CME ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Awards Energy Deal To India, Scraps Chinese Company's Tender
- Saturday March 2, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka on Friday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.
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www.ndtv.com
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Solar Storm To Hit Earth Today, May Spark Auroras And Power Cuts
- Sunday September 3, 2023
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
The storm is likely to cause some aurora displays and minor disruptions in electrical grids, navigation, and communication systems.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion: India Is Encouraging The Heatwaves That Will Cripple It
- Tuesday April 11, 2023
- Opinion | David Fickling, Bloomberg
Back in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the country would install 175 gigawatts of wind, solar, and small-scale hydro power by the end of last year. In practice, the country fell roughly 31% short.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA’s Twin TRACERS Satellites Will Monitor Space Weather to Shield Earth from Solar Storms
- Monday July 21, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s TRACERS satellites will fly in tandem through Earth’s polar cusps to study magnetic storms and solar wind effects. The mission aims to improve predictions of space weather events that threaten satellites, power grids, and astronauts, offering new insight into magnetic reconnection and helping protect vital systems from the hazards of int...
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www.gadgets360.com
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India Achieves 50% Green Energy Milestone, 5 Years Ahead Of Paris Agreement Target
- Wednesday July 16, 2025
- India News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
India has hit a major clean energy milestone, achieving 50 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources, five years ahead of the 2030 target set under the Paris Agreement.
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www.ndtv.com
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NASA’s Parker Probe Sends Closest-Ever Images from Inside the Sun’s Corona
- Thursday July 17, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has achieved a solar milestone by capturing the closest-ever images of the Sun, taken just 3.8 million miles from its surface in December 2024. These WISPR images reveal unprecedented details of the corona, solar wind, and CME collisions. Scientists say this breakthrough will improve our ability to forecast space weather...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Adani Group's New Ad Campaign "Sun To Every Village" Boosts Solar Power
- Tuesday July 8, 2025
- India News | Asian News International
The Adani Group launched a new advertisement on Tuesday, emphasising its efforts to expand solar energy and provide electricity to all villages of India.
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www.ndtv.com
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MAVEN Reveals How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere and Became a Barren World
- Saturday June 7, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of "sputtering"—a powerful atmospheric escape process where solar wind particles blast atoms off Mars. The newly published study confirms that this process played a major role in the Red Planet’s transformation from a once-wet, habitable world to its current barren state. Argon ga...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Ghost In The Machine? Rogue Communication Devices Found In Chinese Inverters
- Wednesday May 14, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Rogue components are found in Chinese-produced power inverters by U.S experts. Power inverters are used throughout the world to connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids.
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www.ndtv.com
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Bhutan Explores Green Crypto Mining To Boost Economy, Curb Brain Drain
- Thursday April 17, 2025
- World News | Reuters
The Himalayan nation of Bhutan is exploring ways to mine and leverage green cryptocurrencies using hydropower to boost its economy and create jobs to reduce brain drain, the chief executive of its sovereign wealth fund said.
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www.ndtv.com
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India Ranks As 3rd-Largest Generator Of Wind, Solar Power: Report
- Tuesday April 8, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
India became the world's third-largest producer of electricity from wind and solar energy in 2024, overtaking Germany, to according to a new report published on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Massive Coronal Hole on Sun Sends High-Speed Solar Wind Toward Earth
- Tuesday February 4, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A giant 800,000 km coronal hole on the Sun is unleashing high-speed solar wind toward Earth, potentially triggering a G1 geomagnetic storm on January 31 and February 1. The NOAA has issued a watch, predicting enhanced auroras in higher latitudes. While G1 storms are minor, they can impact satellites and power grids. The storm’s intensity remains ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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AI Enhances Northern Lights Classification and Geomagnetic Storm Forecasting
- Friday January 10, 2025
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A breakthrough in auroral research, powered by artificial intelligence, has allowed scientists to classify over 700 million auroral images. This effort, using NASA's THEMIS dataset, will significantly enhance the prediction of geomagnetic storms, which can disrupt Earth's communication and security systems. Led by the University of New Hampshire, t...
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www.gadgets360.com
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X-Class Solar Flare From Sunspot 3912 Causes Radio Blackouts in Southern Africa
- Thursday December 12, 2024
- Written by Gadgets 360 Staff
A powerful X-class solar flare erupted from sunspot region 3912 on December 8, disrupting high-frequency radio communications in southern Africa. The flare, accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), ionised Earth’s upper atmosphere, absorbing radio signals and causing blackouts in areas exposed to peak solar activity. Experts predict the CME ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Sri Lanka Awards Energy Deal To India, Scraps Chinese Company's Tender
- Saturday March 2, 2024
- India News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lanka on Friday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.
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www.ndtv.com
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Solar Storm To Hit Earth Today, May Spark Auroras And Power Cuts
- Sunday September 3, 2023
- Science | Edited by Ritu Singh
The storm is likely to cause some aurora displays and minor disruptions in electrical grids, navigation, and communication systems.
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www.ndtv.com
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Opinion: India Is Encouraging The Heatwaves That Will Cripple It
- Tuesday April 11, 2023
- Opinion | David Fickling, Bloomberg
Back in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the country would install 175 gigawatts of wind, solar, and small-scale hydro power by the end of last year. In practice, the country fell roughly 31% short.
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www.ndtv.com