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In July it was approved by Secretary of State for Energy Security Ed Miliband, who described solar power as "crucial to achieving net zero". Once constructed it will be connected at the Burwell ...

Last night, the sun and Earth collaborated to give us a light show that no fireworks display could rival. Happy New Year! What a start to 2025! While many celebrated New Year's Eve with bursts of ...

which is expected to last for about a year and bring increased solar activity for auroras. Tasmania and large parts of the southern Australian mainland were treated to a spectacular light show ...

The New York City ball drop has been a tradition for over 100 years. The signal of a new year is a ball for New York and the East Coast, but those in the rest of the country have another hour, maybe ...

Solar storms may bring northern lights to several states in the northern U.S. just in time for New Year's Eve, but cloud cover may put a damper on festivities. Two bursts of plasma expelled from ...

A powerful geomagnetic storm may produce vibrant northern lights displays across a large swath of North America on New Year's Eve. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather ...

There have been seven different Times Square balls since that first descent, from a 700-pound iron structure fitted with 25-watt light bulbs, to a lighter aluminum frame after World War II ...

This year's Waterford Crystal ball is a geodesic sphere covered with 2,688 crystal triangles and measuring 12 feet in diameter. It weighs 11,875 pounds and has more than 32,000 LED lights.

And a ball has been lowered every year since, except for 1942 and 1943 in observance of WWII’s wartime lighting restrictions. How often do they change the New Year’s Eve ball? Over the ...