Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA's sounding rocket solar flare campaign.
A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space—not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting launch on Tuesday, April 23 (Wednesday, April 24 in New Zealand) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company's Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand.
Azerbaijan has announced its first solar auction, for a 100MW project in the eastern municipality of Gobustan.
I feel fortunate to have witnessed two total solar eclipses in my lifetime. The first was at Center Hill Lake in central Tennessee in 2017, then this year’s (April 8) eclipse from Paducah, Kentucky. Given my age (68), I doubt I will see another. For those who have not witnessed one, many look at the […]
"I devised a plan to avoid much of the traffic, but driving from Bingham to West Forks on Route 201 was unavoidable."
The German government has launched a new rooftop solar tender, seeking 258MW of PV capacity open until Monday 3 June 2024.
China launches more astronauts into space amid lunar mission progress: See the best photos from their blast-off in the Gobi desert.
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province. The Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO) says it has received 118 cases of reported eye complications since April 8. Inflammation of the cornea, dry eyes and solar retinopathy are among the conditions reported, the OAO said in a statement to CTV News Toronto. A spokesperson said that while inflammation of the cornea...
The Shared Sky Project encourages people to express experiences tied to science, including events like the solar eclipse, through poetry.
Video of previous coverage of the eclipse's local impact DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) -- The Ohio Department of Transportation has released travel data from the April 8 total solar eclipse. According to ODOT, traffic volumes were up 12.8% on Sunday, falling 4.4% the day of the eclipse, and increasing again by 15.8% on Tuesday. Officials say []
Find out where you can still drop off your solar eclipse glasses to be donated or recycled and how you can volunteer with vetting them.