In Switzerland are developing a “solar” aircraft to fly in the stratosphere Planes running on solar energy already crossed the Alps, and even made a trip around the world, and now go to the next level: a plane will fly in the stratosphere, on the border with outer space. SolarStratos …
Read More »The first stratospheric aircraft on the solar cells tested in Switzerland. Video
The test flight lasted six minutes. The plane SolarStratos receives all necessary energy from solar panels on the wings with an area of 22 square meters. Double plane weighs 450 kilograms with a length of 8.5 meters and a wingspan of 24.8 meters. The first flight took place at the …
Read More »Scientists have reported the disappearance of one of the planets of the Solar system
According to geologists, the mercury may soon disappear from the Solar system. As noted by researchers, the closest planet to the Sun has gained very little size. Mercury is easier and less Land is about 20 times. A year on mercury lasts 88 days. Unlike other celestial bodies, mercury has …
Read More »In the Lviv region launched a solar power
New solar power plant in the Lviv region at a cost of $ 10 million.In Yavoriv district of the Odessa region opened a terrestrial PV solar power station “lake”. About it reports a press-service of Lviv regional state administration. It is expected that the power plant will produce green electricity …
Read More »Discovered the phenomenon of powerful solar flares
Scientists were able to unravel the mystery of solar flaresA small solar flare and powerful coronal emissions arise under the action of the same forces that cause the magnetic field of lights out and “pull” a hot matter in the sun. “Understanding how there are all types of solar flares, …
Read More »In Canada, build the world’s first sidewalk of solar panels
In Canada the sidewalks in some cities of the country will soon start to spread of solar cells. An innovative project to use instead of the paving slabs of solar cells implemented in Canada, the inventors are engineers University Thompson rivers. In front of his building, put the energy on …
Read More »In the Chernobyl zone will build a solar power station
The government has already received 50 bids from investors.Investment in solar energy in the exclusion zone will be successful and will contribute to energy independence of Ukraine. About this in Facebook wrote to the Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. Also read: New confinement for Chernobyl is planned to be commissioned in …
Read More »In the Chernobyl zone during summer will launch a solar power station
We are talking about production within 2,5 thousand MW of electricity. In the Chernobyl area this summer to start the first solar power plant. According to the Minister of ecology and natural resources Ostap Semerak in an interview with Public, late last year announced the collection of bids from investors …
Read More »Determined shape of the bubble of the Solar system
The heliosphere is a region around the Sun, which strongly influence the magnetic field of the star. Greek and American scientists have found that the heliosphere — the region of space where solar wind (stream of ionized particles) moves away from the sun, has a spherical shape. A study published …
Read More »On the edge of the Solar system dwarf planet discovered
Astronomers have discovered a distant asteroid. With a telescope in the Atacama desert, scientists found a large asteroid beyond the orbit of Pluto. According to preliminary data, DeeDee asteroid completes one revolution around the Sun over 1100 years. According to astronomers, the size of DeeDee approximately two-thirds the size of …
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