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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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SEP 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Plants release gaseous hydrocarbons called sesquiterpenes. Scientists have now found that sesquiterpenes are a significa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2023Space & Astronomy
After spending almost 186 days in space, and 184 of those days onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the SpaceX ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 23, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Science Advances uses radio astronomy to examine how megastorms on the planet Saturn can aff ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
In the ongoing search for water ice on the Moon, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission hopes to advance lunar explorati ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 09, 2023Space & Astronomy
While the batteries on NASA’s InSight lander officially ran out of juice in December 2022, scientists are still po ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 08, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently completed a successful 54th flight, dubbed Flight 54, on the Martian sur ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 11, 2023Space & Astronomy
The Moon is getting another instrument to explore its vast history as the Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 07, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines how a newly discovered exoplanet, MWC 758c, could be producing spi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 06, 2023Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona recently used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to e ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently used its powerful instruments to identify a carbon compound known as ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 23, 2023Earth & The Environment
In a new study, researchers from the University of Cambridge explain how they have developed solar-powered technology to ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandMAY 22, 2023Space & Astronomy
Space weather poses a myriad of threats, ranging from satellite malfunctions to astronaut health. But what if we were ab ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2023Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recently observed a dying, Sun-like star engulfing one of its planets using the Gemini South Adaptive Optics ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 12, 2023Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the universe? If not, then how will we find life? Will we dig for it, or detect it with an instrument? W ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 13, 2023Space & Astronomy
Helicopters – or rotorcrafts – are being included in current and future missions to explore other worlds in ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.FEB 10, 2023Space & Astronomy
“Are we alone in the Universe?” That is a grand question that scientists have been trying to answer for quit ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JAN 18, 2023Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study published in Nature, and international team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Techn ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 28, 2022Space & Astronomy
We previously explored Saturn's largest moon, Titan, but now we'll take a more up-close examination of this myst ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 02, 2022Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) keeps sending us fantastic pictures of our universe, but this time it was ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2022Space & Astronomy
On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extrem ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.OCT 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
I have seen the dark universe yawning, Where the black planets roll without aim; Where they roll in their horror unheede ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 11, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Physical Review Applied, a team of researchers from the University of Houston reports on ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Plants release gaseous hydrocarbons called sesquiterpenes. Scientists have now found that sesquiterpenes are a significa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2023
Space & Astronomy
After spending almost 186 days in space, and 184 of those days onboard the International Space Station (ISS), the SpaceX
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Today is officially designated as Pluto Demoted Day, which commemorates when the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 23, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Science Advances uses radio astronomy to examine how megastorms on the planet Saturn can aff
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
In the ongoing search for water ice on the Moon, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission hopes to advance lunar explorati
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 09, 2023
Space & Astronomy
While the batteries on NASA’s InSight lander officially ran out of juice in December 2022, scientists are still po
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 08, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recently completed a successful 54th flight, dubbed Flight 54, on the Martian sur
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 11, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The Moon is getting another instrument to explore its vast history as the Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer (MAPS) in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 07, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy examines how a newly discovered exoplanet, MWC 758c, could be producing spi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 06, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona recently used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to e
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently used its powerful instruments to identify a carbon compound known as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a new study, researchers from the University of Cambridge explain how they have developed solar-powered technology to
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 22, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Space weather poses a myriad of threats, ranging from satellite malfunctions to astronaut health. But what if we were ab
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recently observed a dying, Sun-like star engulfing one of its planets using the Gemini South Adaptive Optics
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 12, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Are we alone in the universe? If not, then how will we find life? Will we dig for it, or detect it with an instrument? W
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 13, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Helicopters – or rotorcrafts – are being included in current and future missions to explore other worlds in
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
FEB 10, 2023
Space & Astronomy
“Are we alone in the Universe?” That is a grand question that scientists have been trying to answer for quit
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JAN 18, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent study published in Nature, and international team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Techn
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 28, 2022
Space & Astronomy
We previously explored Saturn's largest moon, Titan, but now we'll take a more up-close examination of this myst
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) keeps sending us fantastic pictures of our universe, but this time it was
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On October 9, 2022, telescopes detected one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever! A gamma-ray burst (GRB) is an extrem
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
OCT 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
I have seen the dark universe yawning, Where the black planets roll without aim; Where they roll in their horror unheede
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 11, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Physical Review Applied, a team of researchers from the University of Houston reports on
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc