A Swiss research team has developed a novel single-step annealing process for tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) solar cells. Demonstrating the approach, the scientists built a proof-of-concept ...

“In the universe, an absolute vacuum is rare, and most of the universe is very low-density high-temperature plasma,” said ...

Solar scientists have found tiny, short-lived jets of energy on our sun to be the primary drivers of the solar wind, marking a step toward better understanding our sun's elusive behavior.

3D map of the Milky Way’s Local Hot Bubble (LHB) created from eROSITA data reveals a low-density region around the solar system, heated by ancient supernovas. The bubble shows temperature gradients ...

The solar wind is created by the outward expansion of plasma (a collection of charged particles) from the Sun's corona (the outermost layer of its atmosphere).

“These were two major mysteries leftover from the Voyager 2 flyby, both of which can be reasonably explained by the arrival of an intense solar wind event that compressed the magnetosphere ...

NASA and ESA dispatched the Solar Orbiter probe to take the closest-ever images of our Sun and help unravel several mysteries, including the composition and generation of the solar wind.

Active experiments in the ionosphere, magnetosphere and solar wind play a role in understanding fundamental plasma physics processes. Different types of active experiments are conducted including ...

The Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS), integrated into NOAA’s SWFO-L1 satellite, enhances space weather monitoring by measuring solar wind ion properties. This innovative tool provides real-time ...

Ali started designing his plasma wind tunnel in 2022. “The whole lab has been a drawing for a long time,” he says. By this April, his team was finalizing construction.

For years, researchers have wondered what energy source allows the solar wind − a projection of charged particles from the Sun − to rush by at hundreds of miles a second.