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Solar Balloons

By: Anmol Shankhi, Journalist
A solar balloon is a hot air balloon that gains the ability to float when the air inside the balloon is heated by solar radiation or the sun's heatwaves. Solar Balloons are usually made out of black or dark balloon material. The heated air inside the balloon is less dense than the air that surrounds it making it like a hot air balloon.
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Galileo To ACS3: How NASA’s Solar Sails Could Change Future Space Travel

By: Taylor Kong, Journalist
NASA's work with solar sails could change how we travel in space. Instead of using traditional fuel, solar sails use large, shiny sails that catch sunlight to propel them forward.
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Utilizing Nature’s Power: Lotus Leaves Turned into Electricity Generators

By: Cooper Shealy, Journalist
By using the hydrovolcanic electricity generation method induced by living leaf transpiration, they have found a way to turn lotus leaves into a continuous power source.
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Satellites Set To Stage Fake Solar Eclipse For Studies Of Sun’s Corona

By: Walker McCann, Journalist
 A total solar eclipse on April 8 will be a rare and short opportunity for scientists to observe the Sun's mysterious corona.
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Solar Farms Benefit For Wildlife

By: Michelle Phan, Journalist
A 2016 paper found that solar farms tended to have more species of plant, insect, and bird than farms.
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Solar panels: How Are They Made?

By: Jimy Ordonez, Journalist
Solar panels are layers of materials that work together to make energy.
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Interior of a PowerNEST installation. Source: Interesting Engineering from IBIS Power / Instagram

A Generator Harnessing Both Solar And Wind Energy

By: Julian D'Bayan, Journalist
PowerNEST is an innovative renewable and efficient energy generator that can be installed on high-rise buildings. Read on to learn more about it.
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"Northeast Solar Energy Research Center" by Brookhaven National Laboratory is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Heliogen: The Future of Renewable Energy

By: Victor Cao, Journalist
Fossil fuels are by far the greatest contributor to global warming, accounting for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The sun has enough energy to power the entire world if it is evenly distributed.
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Floating Solar Panel Farms

Floating Solar Panel Farms

By: Philip Do, Journalist
The aray of 166,000 panels can produce up to 2.6 gigawatts of clean energy, enough to power a large town. This is just one example of a floating solar panel farm in China and there are many more across the world.
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"Grand Canyon National Park: Visitor Center Solar Power System 0300" by Grand Canyon NPS is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Pros and Cons of Solar Energy

By: Arya Gupta, Journalist
Solar Energy is a source that many know of. While people are aware of why it is good, few know why solar energy is disliked. Here are some pros and some cons of solar energy.
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"Perfect Ring of Fire - Annular Solar Eclipse" by Kevin Baird is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Solar Eclipse: What Is It?

By: Markus Merrill, Journalist
A solar eclipse is when the Moon is blocking the Sun, causing some parts of Earth to go dark.
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"Solar Roadways" by romanakamagician is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

The Failure of Solar Roadways

By: Eric Yang, Journalist
The solar roadways was one of the largest engineering disasters.
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