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  • Here Comes the Sunstorm

    With a peak in the cycle of solar flares approaching, U.S. electricity regulators are weighing their options for protecting the nation's grid from the sun's eruptions—including new equipment standards and retrofits—while keeping a lid on the cost.

     

    Posted on: Wed, 16 May 2012 17:10:00 -0400

  • Scientists Read a Galaxy's Entrails

    Astronomers are taking a long, deep look at one of the best-known galaxies beyond our own Milky Way, to learn more about what happened when it gobbled up another agglomeration of stars that got too close.

    Posted on: Wed, 16 May 2012 16:58:00 -0400