The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study published in Device, researchers created solar cells made out of simulated moon dust. The cells convert ...

Solar farms have a significant clean water footprint. But new technologies could help. By Anuradha Varanasi Published Mar 22, 2022 10:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Scientists are following a trail of interstellar dust all the way back to the formation of the solar system. What we now know as the solar system began as a cloud of interstellar dust and gas. By ...

Static electricity could remove dust from desert solar panels, saving around 45 billion litres of water every year. Some of the largest solar farms in the world are in deserts, such as Mohammed bin ...

South African researchers have developed a new cleaning system for solar panels that uses a color-sensing light-to-frequency converter to detect dirt. It can reportedly remove around 95% of the dust ...

The study of dust dynamics in the solar system encompasses the investigation of the origins, transport, and interactions of micrometre‐ and nanometre‐scaled particles within the complex heliospheric ...