Feb. 4, 2025 — Combining two semiconductor thin films into a tandem solar cell can achieve high efficiencies with a minimal environmental footprint. Teams have now presented a CIGS-perovskite ...

Solar physicists face challenges in predicting the Sun's activities, especially coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which can have uncertain impacts on Earth. CMEs are large bursts of plasma ejected from ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) could have predicted the powerful solar storm that impacted Earth in May last year, triggered by the highly active region AR13664 on the Sun, according to a new study.

Solar activity impacting Earth's magnetosphere. (NASA) In a study authored by a team of astronomers led by Sabrina Guastavino from the University of Genoa, they applied artificial intelligence to the ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — Dust storms on Mars could one day pose dangers to human astronauts, damaging equipment and burying solar panels. New research gets closer to predicting when extreme weather might ...

Indian researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics developed a new method to measure solar storms' size and speed. This innovation enhances the prediction of disruptions to Earth's ...

After an extraordinarily dry start to the year, three atmospheric river storms are expected to hit California over the next week — with one of them potentially bringing much-needed moisture to ...

Ever found yourself yawning uncontrollably before a storm rolled in? You’re not alone. That pre-storm drowsiness is a real phenomenon rooted in how weather impacts the human body. One of the ...

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