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Why Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet

If you are wondering why Qantas was so quick to ground its Airbus A380 fleet after its Rolls Royce engine failure then you should look at the leaked Airbus report to the accident investigators. Read more

NASA's new eye on the Sun delivers stunning first images

NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.

Some of the images from the spacecraft show never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots. Others show extreme close-ups of activity on the sun’s surface. The spacecraft also has made the first high-resolution measurements of solar flares in a broad range of extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. Read more