
Closest-ever approach to the sun gives new insights into the solar wind
The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind.
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The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, which has flown closer to the Sun than any mission before, has found new evidence of the origins of the solar wind.
Dec 5, 2019

Computers can learn to find solar flares and other events in vast streams of solar images and help NOAA forecasters issue timely alerts, according to a new study.
Dec 4, 2019

Measurements taken by the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft are providing important new insights from some of the farthest reaches of space ever explored.
Dec 3, 2019

A Queen's University Belfast scientist has led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery of why the Sun's magnetic waves strengthen and…
Dec 3, 2019

Researchers at Kanazawa University performed a detailed investigation of the molecular mechanisms by which organic solar cells suffer damage as they are exposed to sunlight.
Dec 3, 2019

China plans to accomplish a 200-tonne megawatt-level space-based solar power station by 2035, according to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
Dec 3, 2019

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. has supplied 300MW of its high energy density Tiger panels for an ultra-high voltage demonstration plant in Qinghai Province, China.
Nov 30, 2019

Strange ribbons of purple light that appeared in the sky - known as Steve - became the subject of debate in 2017, as their origins were unbeknown to scientists.
Nov 28, 2019

In a Dec. 10 press event at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, three scientists presented new images of the ionosphere, the dynamic region where Earth's atmosphere meets space.
Nov 28, 2019

It's a jungle out there as responsible finance investors seek ways to fund a green future for the planet.
Nov 28, 2019

Trina Solar Co., Ltd. ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), the world leading PV and smart energy total solution provider, has announced that…
Nov 27, 2019

Organic solar cells are steadily improving as new materials are developed for the active layer, particularly when materials are stacked in a bulk…
Nov 27, 2019

Watershed Solar Development has been formed to provide innovative landfill and brownfield solar energy solutions integrated with ClosureTurf, a patented engineered geosynthetic turf closure system owned by Watershed Geo.
Nov 26, 2019

Versatile compounds called perovskites are valued for their application in next generation solar energy technologies.
Nov 26, 2019

MIT researchers have improved on a transparent, conductive coating material, producing a tenfold gain in its electrical conductivity.
Nov 25, 2019

An international group of scientists, in cooperation with a research scientist from Skoltech, has developed a model to describe changes in solar plasma.
Nov 25, 2019