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Plug-in balcony solar panels are drawing attention as a simple way for renters and apartment dwellers to generate their own renewable power. The panels hang on a balcony railing or wall and connect directly to a standard household socket, feeding electricity into the home without professional installation. Popular in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, the systems are now being discussed as a model for expanding small-scale clean energy access globally.
- 2Solar mass loss could destabilize the solar system, study says●Terminal Instability of the Solar System Triggered by Stochastic Solar Mass Loss
A new paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters argues that stochastic solar mass loss, the Sun gradually shedding mass through radiation and particle emissions, can trigger a terminal instability in the solar system's planetary orbits. The finding is drawing attention for suggesting long-term planetary motion is less predictable than standard models assumed.