For more than a century, engineers have chased new ways to turn the planet’s natural motions into usable power, from tides to geothermal heat. Now a small group of physicists says Earth’s own magnetic ...
The test brings the idea of nonstop solar energy from space closer to reality.
Scientists have developed a way to generate electricity from Earth’s radiant heat at night, potentially powering satellites even in darkness and opening new frontiers for space renewable energy.
On a blustery November day, a Cessna turboprop flew over Pennsylvania at 5,000 meters, in crosswinds of up to 70 knots—nearly ...
The Earth channels cosmic power in the form of solar energy. The coming winter superstorm shows just what havoc that power ...