How ESA Made Solar Panels That Work In Deep Space
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 19:05:06 +0000
How do you make solar panels that perform in virtual darkness? That was the challenge for ESA’s Juice mission to Venus.
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Solar Park Powering Astronomical Observatory In Chile’s Atacama Desert
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:40:42 +0000
A recent story at PV Magazine shares the story of an observatory in Chile powered by solar power. A solar plant with a capacity of 9 megawatts has now been completed at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory. The PV installation is also intended to power the world’s largest telescope, which is currently being built […]
A New Facility Is Turning Moon Dust Into Oxygen for Future Space Settlers
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:53:30 +0000
A prototype plant developed by the European Space Agency has successfully extracted oxygen from simulated moon dust in a small Dutch town.
Read moreThere Might Be a Hidden ‘Crisis’ in What We Know About the Universe
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:29:59 +0000
Scientists think the universe is flat, but new observations suggest that we might actually be living in a gigantic sphere. Whoa.
Read moreOur Galaxy As We Know It Was Created by Galactic Cannibalism 10 Billion Years Ago
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:44:00 +0000
The European Gaia spacecraft unveils new details about a cataclysmic collision in our galaxy’s distant past.
Read moreA ‘Ghost Galaxy’ May Have Given the Milky Way Its Signature Swirl
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:40:55 +0000
The Milky Way’s edge is still wobbling due to a collision with a dwarf galaxy loaded with dark matter.
Read moreTrio of astronauts blast off to international space station
A trio of astronauts from Russia, the United States and the European Space Agency has blasted off for a mission on the International Space Station.
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