Mini Mercury Glides Across Sun’s Vast Glare in Rare Transit

MARCIA DUNN / The Associated Press Nov 11, 2019 The next such event for the solar system's smallest, innermost planet isn't until 2032, and North America won't get another shot until 2049. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Geo-Engineered Crops May Help … and Harm

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Aug 13, 2018 To cool the world and boost plant growth, such methods may do the trick. But if they work by dimming the sunlight, the plants will ultimately suffer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Achieved

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 Researchers in California moved civilization a step closer to near unlimited clean energy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Making Solar Power While the Sun Shines

BLANK Oct 22, 2013 New solar power installations are surging, but a tax rebate that has helped propel them will decrease in 2016. That raises a related question: Why isn't solar power required in all new building construction? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Summer 2013

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Ex-Murdoch Executive and Her Husband Arrested in Hacking Inquiry

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2012 Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks and her husband were among six people arrested early Tuesday and questioned regarding possible interference with the investigation into the ongoing News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Journalists, Cop Arrested in U.K. Corruption Investigation

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2012 Without warning Saturday morning, Scotland Yard picked up four current and former senior Sun journalists and one active police officer in connection with ongoing investigations into alleged exchanges of cash and information between cops and the paper’s reporters. Police said the arrests had nothing to do with the investigation into phone hacking by News of the World journalists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Astronomers Scope Out ‘Earth 2.0’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Did you know that astronomers have found a bunch of potential "Earth 2.0" candidate planets scattered around the universe? More than 2,000 in fact, and one in particular, which NASA dubbed Kepler 22-b after the supercharged telescope that spotted it, spins around its own sun just 600 light-years away. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

First Stunning Images From NASA’s Solar Observatory

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2010 Nobody told NASA scientists they weren't supposed to look at the sun, so they launched a spacecraft at our nearest star to capture images with 10 times the resolution of HD television. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lou Dobbs Blames Global Warming on ‘Solar Sunspot Activity Cycle’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 7, 2009 Lou Dobbs is diversifying his nonsense portfolio. The anti-immigrant poster boy has taken up the now-passé fight against climate science. In this clip, Dobbs refers to "many scientists" and "just the facts" as he tries to pin climate change on something he calls the "solar sunspot activity cycle." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Shape of Our Solar System

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2007 Our solar system isn't the good old circle or oval you might have thought it is. According to research reported on this week by National Geographic News, it is bullet-shaped. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UK’s Blair to Resign in 2007, Says Paper

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2006 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told aides that he will step down as the leader of his party on May 31, 2007, and resign as prime minister on July 26, according to the British tabloid The Sun. He had already announced he would not seek a fourth term in office, but this is the first news of a specific resignation date. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )