Solar
Black People Are Being Shut Out of the Clean Energy Boom
Just 8 percent of employees at solar companies are Black. President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion stimulus could change that.
Are We Prepared for the Next Major Space Storm?
Tatiana Podladchikova, a space weather expert, talks to VICE about the biggest space storms in history, and how to protect our civilization from the Sun’s bad moods.
What Is the Weird Black Cube on the Sun in This New NASA Image?
Tabloids and UFO enthusiasts have had a field day speculating about the strange photo, but the answer lies in the difficulty of sending data from space.
These Are the Highest Resolution Images of the Sun Ever Taken
Each of the cell-like structures in this image represents an area about the size of Texas.
NASA’s Solar Probe Found Things Near the Sun That We Can’t Explain
Scientists say the unexplained rogue waves and high winds mean we are “missing something really fundamental in our standard models of the Sun.”
This $30 Device Turns the Cold of Outer Space Into Renewable Energy
“It literally is generating visible light out of the darkness of the sky. This is not even paraphrasing, this is exactly what it is."
World’s Largest Ice Shelf Is Melting 10 Times Faster Than Expected
Critical parts of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf are eroding due to solar heating of surface waters.
Wind and Solar Farms Could Make it Rain Regularly in the Sahara Desert
Climate models reveal that renewable energy projects in the Sahara could spark a twofold increase in local rainfall, enabling vegetation to take hold.
Half-Assed Solar Geoengineering Is Worse Than Climate Change Itself
A cautionary tale for messing with the environment.
Kwaye is Going to Be Your Next Favourite Pop Star
The 23-year-old was raised on Prince, Destiny's Child and D’Angelo and every bit of it is present in his sound and vision.
Trump Is Quietly Surrendering to China on Climate Change
The president's climate inaction has frustrated the world, and allowed an economic rival to gain more power and influence.
A Franciscan nun is leading a fight for solar energy in Indiana
A Franciscan nun is leading a fight for solar energy in Indiana