"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous ... There are several light sail projects in the works, and NASA deployed a solar sail last year, though it has encountered some mechanical ...

NASA's futuristic solar sail technology prototype is getting ready to launch to space this year. Like a sail on the ocean ...

A domestic think tank has developed a "solar sail" to power spacecraft using solar winds. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) on Feb. 13 said it developed and demonstrated the prototype of a ...

A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to ...

Airlight Energy, a subsidiary of Swiss company Airlight, and IBM Research in Zurich, a development branch of the US-headquartered multinational technology company, collaborated to develop the 33-foot ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells could last ten times longer thanks to new research, which suggests alumina nanoparticles significantly enhance the lifespan and stability of these high ...

The "Fasten Your Space Belts' mission lifted off at 6:17 p.m. ET today (Feb. 18). Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18).

“Ready to tack?” a voice shouts. Before I can ask what that means, the sails flicker and the entire boat suddenly tilts sideways. Dishes and bowls of fruit crash against each other inside the cabi ...

Most solar companies set the price according to the solar system's wattage. A solar installation's “cost per watt” is a little like the “price per square foot” when you buy a house.