Elipse solar. Credit: EUMETSAT. "Throughout my life, I have constantly noticed articles and news about total solar eclipses, just to be let down by the fact that the eclipse was invisible in the United States. Fortunately, the following year, this will alter." said Harley Manson. On April 8th, 2024, a total solar eclipse from the United...
Two images of a solar active region (NOAA AR 2109) taken by SDO/AIA show extreme-ultraviolet light produced by million-degree-hot coronal gas (top images) on the day before the region flared (left) and the day before it stayed quiet and did not flare (right). The changes in brightness (bottom images) at these two times show...
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the left picture– on Jan. 5, 2023. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized in AIA 171 orange. Credit: NASA/SDO The sun...
And it releases energy on demand. MOST – Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems. Credit: Chalmers University of Technology A press statement discloses that scientists from Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology developed an energy storage system that holds solar power in liquid form for approximately 18 years. With the help of researchers from China's Shanghai Jiao Tong...
Data from 25 comets were compiled to test predictions of solar system formation and evolution. A current research study from the College of Central Florida has discovered solid support that the outgassing of particles from comets could be the outcome of the composition from the start of our solar system. The outcomes were released today in...
Solar panels are seen on houses inAlmere Noorderplassen, The Netherlands. Credit: Unsplash / Daria Nepriakhina Since the start of the war early this year, a new report discovers that approximately a quarter of the European Union's electricity has originated from wind and solar. A record-setting number and the development in wind and solar has saved...
Credit: Airbus The US Army has successfully flown a minimalist drone powered by solar energy continuously for over 40 days, surpassing a previous world record and indicating what could be the future of military reconnaissance. The challenge: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, such as satellites and drones, play a major role in protection by...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft deploying its solar arrays. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Starting on May 6 and continuing through June 16, NASA's Lucy mission group carried out a multi-stage effort planned to deploy the spacecraft's unlatched solar array further. Throughout the thorough process, the team commanded the spacecraft to operate the array's deployment motor...
Credit: BII. Fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), with its Ideas Managed Fund, has obtained majority stakes in 3 brand-new solar energy plants in South Africa, totaling 30MW. The projects, which got to a financial close in May, are anticipated to achieve commercial operation in March and April 2023. They will connect through a mixture of...
The record-setting solar cell shines red under blue luminescence. Credit: Printed Electronics World. Researchers at the U.S. Division of Energy's National Renewable resource Research Laboratory (NREL) developed a solar cell with a record 39.5% performance under 1-sun global illumination. This is the greatest effective solar cell of any kind, measured using standard 1-sun problems. "The brand-new...
