When a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind careens onto the Moon’s surface at 450 kilometers per second (or nearly 1 million miles per hour), they enrich the Moon’s surface i... Read more
The electric sail (ESAIL), invented by Dr. Pekka Janhunen at the Finnish Kumpula Space Centre in 2006, produces propulsion power for a spacecraft by utilizing the solar wind. The sail featur... Read more
A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry... Read more
An effective sail area that is as much as a million times bigger A sail formed not of material, but by electric fields reaching a diameter of 40 kilometers could tap the solar wind and prope... Read more
Bridges are generally exposed to the elements, meaning they generally get a nice dose of sunlight often coupled with some fairly strong crosswinds. For these reasons this “Solar Wind” bridge... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Worth repeating . . . THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Most people would assume that 20 years from now when historians look back at 2008-09, they will conclude that the most important... Read more
Researchers from Washington State University have published a paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology stating that energy from solar winds could replace conventional forms of rene... Read more
NASA launched its most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the Sun in February this year Although we do know some things about the Sun – it’s big and hot for example... Read more