Cleantech & EV'sNews

Check out this working prototype lunar electric motorcycle for NASA’s moon exploration

October 21, 2021
Lunar rovers are typically four-wheeled electric vehicles, but a new prototype shows how a two-wheeled electric motorcycle may have serious advantages on the moon. NASA is currently in search of the next lunar rover. German motorcycle design company Hookie thinks they might have it. And with half the wheels, it sure saves a lot of weight compared to a moon buggy. The Dresden-based designers…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Rogues gallery: Leaked documents reveal lobbying to gut COP26 climate and carbon audit

October 21, 2021
With the opening of the UN-sponsored COP26 climate summit less than two weeks away, a trove of leaked documents obtained by Greenpeace is revealing efforts by of a group of nations furiously lobbying to gut language critical of their carbon-spewing economic interests from a report to be released during the Glasgow conference. The leaked documents were detailed in a post by…
Read more
NewsPhotography

Camera Captures Stunning Multi-Colored Aurora Caused by a Solar Storm

October 21, 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA) captured a video of a “violent mass of fast-moving plasma” that was spit out by the sun. This coronal mass ejection (CME) can cause interference with communications and GPS systems on Earth, but can also deliver some incredible light shows. The short video published by the ESA, and spotted by CNET, shares a brief glimpse into a beautiful purple aurora which is…
Read more
NewsSpace

NEID Spectrometer Lights Up Path to Exoplanet Exploration

October 21, 2021
. NEID Spectrometer Lights Up Path to Exoplanet Exploration A new NASA instrument will look for planets by detecting subtle wobbles from their parent stars. To prepare, it will study the Sun. As NASA expands its quest to discover exoplanets – planets beyond our solar system – it also grows its toolbox. Over the summer, a new tool called NEID…
Read more