According to an article on Gizmodo, almost everyone using solar panels is angling them the wrong way and as a result they aren’t benefiting from the panels full potential. The Gizmodo article states that while solar panel owners in the northern hemisphere tend to angle their panels to the south to get optimal light exposure daily, a new study indicates ...
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Voyager 1 Confirmed As Being Out Of The Solar System
NASA's Voyager 1 has become the first man made object to leave the solar system and fans of cosmic exploration are going nuts! After 36 years and a 12 billion mile-long journey, NASA researchers agree that the Voyager 1 has finally left the solar system!
Read More »A Solar Powered Laptop That Runs For Ten Hours!
WeWi Telecommunications Inc. just released information on their solar powered laptop, a green system that can apparently run for ten hours on a single charge.
Read More »Sun Unleashes Incredibly Powerful M9-Class Solar Flare
An incredible M9 class solar flare exploded from our sun this past weekend. Thankfully, it was pointed away from Earth -- so don't bother buying a doomsday stash of SPAM.
Read More »Google Invests $168M In World’s Largest Solar Power Tower
Google, known for their investments in green technology, have thrown $168 million behind a project.
Read More »MESSENGER Probe Nearly Done In By Solar Storm
A solar storm barely missed Mercury and the MESSENGER probe, thus avoiding what could have been a disaster for NASA.
Read More »America’s Tallest Building to Become a Solar Farm
Willis Tower in Chicago is poised to become the world's tallest solar farm. If successful, this could potentially lead to similar projects in other major cities.
Read More »Engineers Developing Ultra-Efficient Solar Concentrator That Could Lead to Cheaper Power
An engineering team at the University of Arizona have made big strides in making solar energy cheap for everyone.
Read More »New Planet Believed to Have Been Found at Edge of Solar System
NASA and other scientists believe that they have found a new planet on the edge of the solar system, inside the Oort asteroid cloud.
Read More »Sun Generates First X-Class Flare of Solar Cycle
The Sun has generated the first X-Class solar flare of Solar Cycle 24. While this will be an opportunity to test the radiation resistance of our satellites, for us on Earth it simply means that we could be treated to a showing of Northern Lights.
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