Solar cells at nighttime…seems like an oxymoron. As it turns out, radiative cooling may also be our ticket to a nighttime renewable energy source for countless people across the globe…In a new study published on Tuesday in the journal Applied Physics Letters, researchers at Stanford University created a photovoltaic (PV) cell, which collects and converts…
Month: April 2022
‘Dead’ telescope discovers Jupiter’s twin from beyond the grave
NASA’s Kepler space telescope supposedly died four years ago! An international team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which ceased operations in 2018, have discovered an exoplanet similar to Jupiter located 17,000 light-years from Earth, making it the farthest exoplanet ever found by Kepler. The exoplanet, officially designated K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb, was spotted in data captured…
New discovery on the sun has captured scientists’ attention
A new object on the Sun has gained astronomer’s attention. A sunspot has emerged in recent days that is at least twice as big as the Earth, according to SpaceWeather.com. This region was named AR2975 after appearing on Wednesday…Astronomers are not only watching this area of the sun closely due to its size but also…
What Is Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox? 50-year Mystery Cracked, Experts Say
Scientists believe they have cracked one of the most pressing mysteries surrounding black holes that has boggled experts for decades. One particular characteristic of black holes has puzzled scientists for decades. In the 1970s, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and colleagues found that black holes emit something called Hawking radiation—a faint glow of light that actually…