Arinna builds solar cells specifically for spacecraft and has developed an ultrathin new material that it expects to be far ...

Revamped orbital technology can potentially send steerable microwave beams to Earth, capable of jamming or securing military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space-based solar power could cut Europe’s need for land-based renewables by up to 80%. (CREDIT: Science Photo Library / Getty ...

In the late 1960s, an engineer named Peter Glaser floated a wild idea: what if we launched giant solar panels into orbit and beamed the power back to Earth? At the time, it sounded like something out ...

Solar panels positioned in space could be harnessed to continuously supply up to 80 per cent of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050, a new study says. Researchers from King’s College London estimate ...

Four giant solar ‘wings’ will provide power for the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years, due to launch later ...

More than a decade ago, a Japanese construction company unveiled a plan to build a massive belt of solar panels around the ...

(CN) — Beyond the confines of earthly methods, a research team in Europe thinks the continent can meet climate change goals with solar panels in space. Currently, Europe’s decarbonization efforts ...

What if everyone can have a satellite?For decades, solar innovation has been measured in better performance per square meter.

Troublesome lunar dust could soon be transformed into solar cells to help power moon bases and humanity's push to explore further out into space. This is the promise of an international team of ...