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Science & Nature New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection events, unleashing vast...

Plus: ICE is tracking pregnant immigrants through smartwatches This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Solar geoengineering startups are getting serious Solar geoengineering aims to manipulate the climate by bouncing sunlight back into space. In theory, it could ease

Science & Nature The world’s largest solar telescope captured a powerful X-class solar flare in August 2024. The post Solar flares as you’ve never seen...

At roughly midday on Monday, April 28, the lights went out in Spain. The grid blackout, which extended into parts of Portugal and France, affected tens of millions of people—flights were grounded, cell networks went down, and businesses closed for the day. Over a week later, officials still aren’t entirely sure what happened, but some

Science & Nature Dust from the Sahara is threatening Europe’s solar energy plans by blocking sunlight and confusing prediction models. As Europe increasingly turns...

Brazil’s solar imports fell 33% to $722 million in the first four months of 2025 amid project delays and oversupply, as new trade routes began cutting costs and freight times to the country’s North and Northeast regions...

Under those circumstances, the rest of the difference will be made up for with fossil fuels. Running counter to recent trends, the use of natural gas dropped during the first three months of 2025. This means that the use of coal rose nearly as quickly as demand, up by 23 percent compared to the same

Science & Nature By tilting its orbit out of the ecliptic plane, ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveals the Sun from a whole new angle. The...