NASA's OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom
OSIRIS-REx will touch down on asteroid Bennu, collect a sample of the dust and begin its journey back to Earth, where scientists will study it, hoping to learn secrets of the solar system's origin.
yesterday • ~8 min
Tags: space astronomy solar-system nasa asteroid astrobiology innovation-and-invention bennu near-earth-asteroids sample-return-mission
Life on Earth: why we may have the Moon's now defunct magnetic field to thank for it
The Earth's magnetic field was most likely weaker when life evolved on our planet than it is today.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: evolution atmosphere moon earth sun magnetism magnetic-fields life-on-earth solar-winds
Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: solar water research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering j-wafs
What the world can learn from clean energy transitions in India, China and Brazil
Our research identified three key lessons.
Oct. 2, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: china brazil solar-power india energy-transition biofuel ethanol clean-energy leds solar-photovoltaics
Devices reflect 99% of heat to up chance to turn it into power
New thermal photovoltaics reflect 99% of the energy they can't convert to electricity. They could help cut the price of storing renewable energy as heat.
Sept. 23, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: semiconductors solar-power temperature renewable-energy photovoltaics earth-and-environment
The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system
The clouds of Venus may harbour alien life. But where else?
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: solar-system life mars earth alien-life jupiter saturn venus titan cassini enceladus europa
Hints of life discovered on Venus
A UK-led team of astronomers has discovered a rare molecule – phosphine – in the clouds of Venus, pointing to the possibility of extra-terrestrial ‘aerial’
Sept. 14, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: physics space astronomy solar-system planets
MIT-led team to develop software to help forecast space storms
National Science Foundation awards proposal for space weather modeling.
Sept. 10, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: mathematics physics solar solar-system funding nasa data research school-of-engineering school-of-science computer-science-and-technology aeronautical-and-astronautical-engineering national-science-foundation-nsf computer-modeling space-astronomy-and-planetary-science grants software haystack-observatory computation
How a new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
Halide perovskites are cheap, versatile and remarkably efficient as both solar cells and light emitters.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: chemistry energy solar-power interdisciplinarity climate-crisis solar-panels leds
How new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
Halide perovskites are cheap, versatile and remarkably efficient as both solar cells and light emitters.
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: chemistry energy solar-power interdisciplinarity climate-crisis solar-panels leds
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