Thu Mar 8, 2012
Two solar flares that occurred on the sun at about 11am and 12 noon (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Tims – AEDT) on 7 March caused a large cloud of charged particles (a coronial mass ejection) to hurtle towards Earth with expected arrival at around 4pm AEDT on Thu 8 March (update from NASA: actual arrival [...]
Tue Feb 19, 2008
Environment Minister Peter Garrett along with South Australian Premier Mike Rann have today announced a solar power station will be built at Coober Pedy in outback South Australia, backed by federal funding of $3.5 million. The power station will consist of 26 solar dishes which will track the movement of the sun and concentrate the [...]