“Just as a sailboat uses the wind to push it through the water, solar sails use the pressure of sunlight to push them through space,” Johnson says. This seemingly impossible feat is, in ...

The Electric Solar Wind Sail (E-sail) is an innovative propulsion technology designed for space exploration that utilizes the solar wind to generate thrust without the need for traditional ...

Normally a boat sailing upwind will sail approximately 45° into it, then “tack” 90° across the wind until they’re ... might be to trade sails for solar panels.

"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...

Solar sails work similarly to nautical sails, but instead of being pushed by wind, they are impacted by the pressure of ...

A European consortium is applying wind-solar hybrid and tilting wing technology as modular refits of in-service long-distance ...

Powered by laser light, this tiny sail lays the groundwork for future advances in lightsail technology and the potential for ...

You'll adore this innovative bladeless wind turbine for your house; bid solar panels farewell. It does not have to depend on ...

The ship will be equipped with three retractable wind sails integrated with solar panels, contra-rotating propellers, and multiple thrusters. The three autonomous platforms will host 1,500 m² of ...

Surging across the solar system from the sun, the solar wind carries charged particles that strike the planets, on Earth causing aurora, radio blackouts and, just occasionally, wreaking havoc with ...