Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chinese balloon that traveled across the United States last week before it was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean had both ...

The first test of its solar concentrator balloons is set to launch in the next two weeks with a 1.5-megawatt installation, and a utility is slated for the first half of 2009. Martin LaMonica is a ...

Imagine if sending your science experiment 70,000 ft in the air just took painter's plastic, tape, a dash of charcoal dust, and plenty of sunlight. Daniel Bowman of Sandia National Laboratories ...

A new development from the researchers of Sandia National Laboratories has pushed innovation in explorations using a Solar-powered balloon. This balloon is rather cheap to manufacture, at only $50 to ...

When NASA TV live streams North America's total solar eclipse on April 8, it will likely include jaw-dropping footage of what the eclipsed sun and the moon's shadow look like from near space. It will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of researchers in China has developed a portable balloon-mounted photovoltaic system, offering a viable solution for ...

Researchers in China have created a balloon-integrated photovoltaic system that reportedly represents a feasible solution for emergency PV power generation in mid-to-high latitudes. It consists of a ...

The Chinese balloon that traveled across the United States last week before it was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean had both antennas to collect communications and solar panels to power its sensors, ...