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Based on an idea from the 1960s, a research team calculated how space-based solar panels could help Europe meet its net-zero targets by 2050.
It won’t have a crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft — which looks like a miniature space shuttle — back for a long-duration mission to orbit.
Space-based solar power has the potential to reduce Europe's need for land-based renewable energy by up to 80%—a potential game-changer for reaching net-zero by 2050.
The Heliostat design, while in early development, uses autonomous reflectors to focus sunlight onto a concentrator. It could operate 99% of the year. This design is projected to outperform wind and ...
A respected Harvard astrophysicist has shared new claims about the mysterious interstellar object in our Solar System, saying ...
The "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But don't get your hopes up too much, scientists say, because it will be ...
An unpublished NASA memo reportedly warns of a change in how the space agency awards contracts to build private space ...
NASA predicts that one of those could impact Earth once every 10,000 years. Three percent exceed 0.6 mile in diameter and ...
It won’t have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft that looks like a miniature space shuttle back for a long-duration mission to space during a ...
The X-37B has launched atop multiple rockets from different providers. The spaceplane’s first four flights, starting in 2010, were launched atop an Atlas V 501, configured with a five-meter fairing ...
Two colossal plasma fountains tore away from the sun in a breathtaking double blast, one of the most impressive eruptions ...
SpaceX could soon launch its third Falcon 9 rocket of the month from California, but it may be hard to see this time soaring over Arizona.