Solar scientists have found tiny, short-lived jets of energy on our sun to be the primary drivers of the solar wind, marking ...

Chlorophyll provides the green color most plants are known for while absorbing light energy from the Sun. When the photons from that energy interact with the chlorophyll's electrons—which were ...

Photovoltaic cells, first developed at Bell Labs in 1954, contain semiconducting materials that absorb light energy from the sun and produce a flow of electrical energy in response. These are the ...

Virtually all organic material on Earth has been produced by cells that convert energy from the Sun into energy-containing macromolecules. This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the ...

Heat energy from the Sun is absorbed by everything on Earth, including us. While light energy from the sun makes things visible (if you've got your eyes open). People have invented ways to ...

Sky gazers in several U.S. states could get a colorful glimpse of the northern lights as we enter the weekend, thanks to a recent geomagnetic storm.

Laser beams powered by the sun are one small step closer to becoming ... The electrons in the atoms of that material absorb energy from the light and then release that extra energy as laser ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

In a recent breakthrough, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Yale University have determined the structure of the PSI biohybrid solar fuel catalyst.

Rooftop solar panels use a material, called silicon, to help transform some of the sun's light into electrical energy. This electrical energy then flows into the house, where it's used to power ...

Rooftop solar panels use a material, called silicon, to help transform some of the sun's light into electrical energy. This electrical energy then flows into the house, where it's used to power ...