Maria Azzurra Volpe is a Newsweek Life & Trends reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on everyday life topics and trending stories. She has covered Pet Care and Wildlife stories ...

American engineers at Bell Labs unveiled the first photovoltaic solar cell in 1954. Four years later, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched solar panels into space.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - April 16, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ: ASTI), the maker of featherweight, ...

Standard glass has the unfortunate habit of slowly turning brown in space, which makes it increasingly opaque to sunlight and less efficient when used as part of a solar panel. In contrast ...

Armed with a kitchen colander, solar eclipse glasses and a pair of Celestron EclipSmart binoculars I enjoyed front-row seats to the marvelous solar show from Nottingham, U.K. In the photo below ...

Solar farms are a popular source of clean energy in places that maximize sunlight exposure, like deserts or large fields away from urban areas. But they can also be constructed on water, for ...