Scientists have created mini-coronal loops to simulate banana-sized solar flares in the lab to investigate how massive explosions on the sun's surface launch energetic particles and X-rays into space.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US space tech and innovation giant Rocket Lab has unveiled STARRAY, a family of customizable, next-generation solar arrays ...

Researchers have pushed all-perovskite tandem solar cells past the 30% efficiency threshold, a long-sought target that puts this emerging technology in direct competition with the best conventional ...

Researchers from the Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Electronics Laboratory (PV-Lab) in EPFL's School of Engineering and CSEM ...

LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the ...

Rocket Lab (NasdaqCM:RKLB) completed two orbital launches within six days from different international launch sites. The company introduced new silicon based solar arrays aimed at powering future ...

The IMM-β solar cells are one of the products made by SolAero, a space solar power company recently acquired by Rocket Lab. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced its solar power ...

Researchers were able to replicate how solar flares form by creating banana-sized loops of plasma in a lab. The results show that the mini flares are an excellent proxy for studying the real things.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, has delivered the final solar panels to Maxar that will fly on the Power and Propulsion ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, announced that its high-efficiency, ...

According to a press release, Rocket Lab will produce solar cells and radiation-resistant assemblies for Lockheed Martin's developing missile warning satellites. The US will run the geostationary Next ...