Solar system moving 100000 mph faster than thought; 15% speed increase translates to doubling of mass of Milky Way

It turns out that our solar system is moving nearly 100,000 m.p.h. faster than previously thought — revolving around the center of the Milky Way at 568,000 m.p.h., announced Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Monday at the American Astronomical Society's conference in Long Beach, Calif. Since velocity is related to mass, the 15% increase in solar-system speed translates into a near doubling of mass of the Milky Way, according to Reid's group — and all of that newfound bulk is composed of dark matter.
Original estimates of the solar system's speed were based on what Reid calls "one- dimensional velocity" obtained solely from Doppler shifts. "Now," he says, "we have three-dimensional velocity and more exact measurements" — a huge advancement in the field. The findings debunk the notion that the Milky Way is a little-sister galaxy to her neighbor Andromeda. "They're more like fraternal twins," Reid says. And the fact that they are of equal size increases the likelihood that the two will someday collide.
But humans needn't flee the galaxy anytime soon. First, there's so much room between stars that Earth likely wouldn't feel any effects of a galactic collision, though our constellations would certainly change. And second, a crash is still about 3 billion to 5 billion years away, by which time our sun will have transformed into a red giant and turned the Earth into a smidgen of charred dust.

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Our solar system appears to be undergoing some significant changes that are reflected by the latest measurements taken by NASA with the recent spacecraft sent from earth. What does the evidence have to tell us as we move boldly into the new century. Considerable research and time has been spent on the ancient myths and mysteries - their meaning - and how they may apply to our modern age as we move into the age of Aquarius.
  Have our traditions and science kept pace? Or is it time to take a long look at some of the many ideas and theories that have been proposed and then discounted by the main stream science and thinking - is it possible that these ideas were purposely suppressed.

A Buenos Aires landmark, the solar powered Floralis Generica.

A bidding process will begin in June of this year, and Brazilian, German, and Spanish companies are expected to invest in the project, which has an estimated price tag of $120 million dollars. The provinicial government of San Juan has already agreed to invest between $15 and $20 million.
According to the spanish news source cronista,the planned solar park would produce between 1500 and 2400 megawatts of energy, which would make it the biggest single producer of solar energy throughout all South American and Latin American countries, and not to mention quite a large producer in comparison to other facilities throughout the world. A pilot project will first test a number of solar panel technologies on about 12 acres of land.
Construction on the project is hoped to begin in September of this year, and last for a period of 8 to 10 months. The governor of San Juan, José Luis Gioja said of the project “We are promoting the use of alternative, renewable energies to change the electrical matrix of our country, which needs clean energy for a better quality of life. The idea is to generate energy using the heat of our earth, that we will be implementing in gradual form, as things are completed.”

The electric Bentley Incense GT, luxury for the future

 Bentleys of the future will have a very different look from the one’s we see the rich and fabulous driving around in today and will sure be a lot greener too. The super-luxury cars we see today are plain gas-guzzlers, who drink up as much as their owners can afford. But this might just not be the case in the future! We just stumbled across this design for a Bentley, the Bentley Incense GT. Now this one sure doesn’t give out any smoke, despite its name, instead choosing to keep its act and drive a lot more environment friendly, using and electric motor. The car looks like a vehicle a superhero would probably choose to drive! Inspired by designing from the past with an added touch of the future, the Bentley Incense GT design uses those good old closed-cap rear wheels. A car like this might just show up far away in 2030 though, so you’ll just have to wait and drool at these images for the next two decades.
Bentley of the future! We await thou arrival!

SOLAR OOWER RICHSHAWS REMAIN PARCHED OF JUICE DUE TO LAKE OF CHARGES

A job half done is useless. Probably the UT administration in Chandigarh ought to realize this by now. The solar powered rickshaws unveiled a while ago amidst applause are now biting the dust at the municipal corporation, forgotten. Now we’ve seen a few SOLAR POWER RICKSHAWS before, destined to play a part of the 2010 Common Wealth Games. We haven’t heard much of those either after that. As for these rickshaws in Chandigarh, they haven’t quite hit the roads yet, due to the laziness on part of the MC authorities, who’ve forgotten to put up chargers for them. Powered by solar batteries that run70 km or six hours on a single charge, these rickshaws touch speeds of 15 to 20 km per hour and take five hours to charge up using solar panels that are to be connected to the charging unit.

Qatar bids for the 2022 Soccer world cup with the solar powered Lusail Iconic Stadium.

Just when you though that the soccer world cup was history, its back making waves again. As Qatar gets ready to bring the frenzy to home turf in 2022, they have thought far off to ensure green and architecturally advanced designs for the world to savor. The energy efficient world-class football stadium called the Lusail Iconic Stadium is being developed with the help of Foster and Partners. Keeping in mind the extremely arid condition of the Middle East, the stadium will powered using solar energy. However the stadium with a seating capacity of 86,000 will be cool and will generate additional power from the parking lot canopies

Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi to use solar energy

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest crystalline silicon photovoltaic module manufacturer, announced its selection by Aldar Properties PJSC to supply over 1,120 solar panels for a 292 kW solar system for The Shams Tower, an iconic building on Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi based solar power system integrator, Enviromena, will design and install the solar system and Aldar,Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and investment company will develop the project.
The 2500 sq meter building with the integrated solar array on the 60-metre high Shams Tower, will provide shade for the car park underneath and simultaneously produce 450 megawatt hours of clean, solar electricity annually. Power generated will certainly offset electricity needs during motorsports events, and also power the Yas Marina Circuit facility for decades, saving 400 tons of greenhouse gases annually.