China’s solar panels have made a giant leap with a new coating developed for use on spacecraft. The innovation enhances power efficiency in harsh environments such as outer space and has the ...

Researchers from Japan Space Systems (JSS) recently beamed energy wirelessly from a speeding jet to antennae on the ground. The successful experiment confirms the viability of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Can space-based solar power provide a continuous and more reliable energy source than ground-based solar panels, and could space-based solar power help overcome the limitations of terrestrial ...

Astronauts could build solar panels using the Moon to allow us to live in space, scientists have suggested. The new research would allow future explorers of space to build their own ways of ...

If widely available, such a powerful cell – with double the efficiency of the standard solar panel on sale today ... designed to power satellites in space and were made using extremely ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...

Standard glass has the unfortunate habit of slowly turning brown in space, which makes it increasingly opaque to sunlight and less efficient when used as part of a solar panel. In contrast ...