Journalists gather around a rehearsal model of the sample return capsule on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at Dugway Proving Grounds on Thursday, July 20, 2023. NASA and military personnel have been using ...

Researchers in China have assessed the impact of using up to 50% of the Sahara desert for the deployment of large scale solar power plants and have found these may impact the global cloud cover ...

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On the grasslands of Ejin Horo Banner in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a portrait of energy transition unfolds: rows of solar panels glisten under the sun, while white wind ...

Meteorites found in the Sahara Desert might be pieces of Mercury that broke off as the result of a collision when the Solar System was still forming. The meteorites had many parallels to the surface ...

The meteorite Erg Chech 002 found in the Sahara desert in 2020 is one of the oldest known space rocks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

ASWAN, Egypt (Reuters) - Near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, a swathe of photovoltaic solar panels spreads over an area of desert so large it is clearly visible from space. They are part of the ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert—essentially, where there's water ... have developed a more precise way to ...