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Solar power refers to the process of turning sunlight into electrical energy. Generating solar power usually uses one of two approaches to generate electricity: solar panels that use photovoltaic cells or solar thermal energy that uses steam.
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APR 24, 2016Technology
In July of last year, Solar Impulse, the solar-powered airplane that engineers were trying to make fly all the way aroun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2016Earth & The Environment
As the world continues to move to cleaner sources of energy that won’t destroy our environment further than we hav ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
Something is going wrong with NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. As it drifts in space approximately 75 million mile ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft has observed geysers erupting on Saturn’s moon Enceladus since 2005, but the process that d ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
Although companies should be careful not to use beauty as a mask for sustainably irresponsible projects, aesthetically b ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 10, 2016Technology
European solar energy company Lightsource is reportedly funding and working on a next-generation floating solar farm tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 27, 2016Space & Astronomy
Asteroids, which are typically found between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt of our solar system, can sometimes be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2016Technology
Current cellular internet connections for our smartphones, tablets, and personal hotspots are powered by high-speed 4G L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2016Technology
Many forms of generating power involve burning fossil fuels, or other actions that can harm the Earth’s natural en ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2016Technology
Japanese electronics company Kyocera, is working to break a record for the world’s largest capacity floating solar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Like many of history’s best secrets, Solar Roadways started in a garage. Well, really it started in a preschool, w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
British astronaut Tim Peake will perform his first spacewalk on Friday, January 15th along with NASA’s Tim Kopra, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA has just released a new set of images downloaded from its New Horizons spacecraft that flew past the dwarf planet P ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2015Space & Astronomy
United States astronaut Scott Kelly has been aboard the International Space Station for quite a while, and recently brok ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
Mars, the red planet after Earth in our solar system, has been getting a lot of attention lately. Whether it’s the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 01, 2015Earth & The Environment
California’s drought is well into its fourth year. Last year, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency o ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 25, 2015Videos
Not all of the energy sources that we used here on Earth will be around forever. Sure, oil companies will keep drilling ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
There are many people out there that might think that the Sun, being a huge intensely hot ball of nuclear fusion between ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2016
Technology
In July of last year, Solar Impulse, the solar-powered airplane that engineers were trying to make fly all the way aroun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2016
Earth & The Environment
As the world continues to move to cleaner sources of energy that won’t destroy our environment further than we hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Something is going wrong with NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. As it drifts in space approximately 75 million mile
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft has observed geysers erupting on Saturn’s moon Enceladus since 2005, but the process that d
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Although companies should be careful not to use beauty as a mask for sustainably irresponsible projects, aesthetically b
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 10, 2016
Technology
European solar energy company Lightsource is reportedly funding and working on a next-generation floating solar farm tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
We’re getting closer to Saturday, March 5th, and that means the asteroid known as 2013 TX68 is getting closer too.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids, which are typically found between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt of our solar system, can sometimes be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
You can never have too powerful of a telescope, and now NASA is working on its next future exploration project – t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2016
Technology
Current cellular internet connections for our smartphones, tablets, and personal hotspots are powered by high-speed 4G L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2016
Technology
Many forms of generating power involve burning fossil fuels, or other actions that can harm the Earth’s natural en
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2016
Technology
Japanese electronics company Kyocera, is working to break a record for the world’s largest capacity floating solar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Like many of history’s best secrets, Solar Roadways started in a garage. Well, really it started in a preschool, w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
British astronaut Tim Peake will perform his first spacewalk on Friday, January 15th along with NASA’s Tim Kopra,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA has just released a new set of images downloaded from its New Horizons spacecraft that flew past the dwarf planet P
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2015
Space & Astronomy
United States astronaut Scott Kelly has been aboard the International Space Station for quite a while, and recently brok
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Mars, the red planet after Earth in our solar system, has been getting a lot of attention lately. Whether it’s the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 01, 2015
Earth & The Environment
California’s drought is well into its fourth year. Last year, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency o
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 25, 2015
Videos
Not all of the energy sources that we used here on Earth will be around forever. Sure, oil companies will keep drilling
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
There are many people out there that might think that the Sun, being a huge intensely hot ball of nuclear fusion between
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard