Nowadays, the dark of night is interspersed with the light of stars. But before the stars were born, did light shine at the ...

Manufactured chemicals and materials are necessary for practically every aspect of daily life, from life-saving ...

Scientists in Taiwan developed a new type of perovskite solar cell capable of producing energy, even from dim office lighting ...

Ultimately, why doesn't light wear out and lose energy over time? I am an astrophysicist, and one of the first things I learned in my studies is how light often behaves in ways that defy our ...

The origin of our sun, and all the planets, comets and asteroids that orbit it, can be traced back to their birthplace inside ...

Interior of US Light Energy, one of the largest solar developers in the northeastern U.S., on Aug.13 in Colonie. In 2023, the company installed 17 megawatts of solar generation at project sites ...

The best solar cells can wring out nearly half that light energy as electricity. It happens like this: A photon from the sun strikes the solar panel's photoactive layer, which "knocks" an electron ...

Santa Barbara, CA – On Saturday, June 28, the community is invited to take to the skies, enjoy a taco in the sun and learn ...