Author name: David Ryabchikov

A guide to owning solar in Nigeria (2025): Prices, installation, and top vendors

A guide to owning solar in Nigeria (2025): Prices, installation, and top vendors

Table of contents It started with a blackout. The kind that catches you just as you’re about to iron your clothes or charge your phone before heading out. I looked at my dead sockets, then at my fuel-sipping generator, and sighed. Again. That day, I told myself, “There has to be a better way.” I’d […]

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What does a solar tornado look like? One photographer got these incredible shots

What does a solar tornado look like? One photographer got these incredible shots

From a dark sky site in Portugal’s Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve, Portuguese astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured stellar views of the sun’s chromosphere—the orange-red layer of the sun’s atmosphere—over the last few years. The sun produces energy in its core through a process called nuclear fusion. That energy travels outward to the sun’s atmosphere, producing an

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These Prime Day deals on Jackery solar generators are better than Black Friday

These Prime Day deals on Jackery solar generators are better than Black Friday

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more Sign Up For Goods Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. There’s a thunderstorm happening right now as I write this, and it might knock my power out. That’s OK, though, because I can keep on covering Prime

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10 fun tours and adventures for the ultimate total solar eclipse 2026 experience

10 fun tours and adventures for the ultimate total solar eclipse 2026 experience

The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will offer some fabulous travel options. Here are some adventures to consider. (Image credit: Background images via Getty left to right Smartshots International, Ashley Cooper, imageBROKER/Harry Laub and Carlos Fernandez. Graphic made in Canva by Daisy Dobrijevic.) There is no better excuse to travel than to see

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Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

A third of homes in Australia now have rooftop solar panels zstockphotos/iStockphoto/Getty Images Power grids around the world are increasingly under threat from cyberattacks because of the vulnerabilities of home solar installations. As distributed energy resources like rooftop solar become more prevalent, grids are increasingly reliant on smart inverters, which manage connections to local power

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Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind

Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production. The House of Representatives passed Trump’s megabill Thursday ahead of a White House-imposed deadline, after the Senate narrowly approved the controversial legislation Tuesday. Trump has made his

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Interstellar comet is only third known object to visit from beyond our solar system

Interstellar comet is only third known object to visit from beyond our solar system

Astronomers are rolling out a welcome mat for a newly identified visitor from beyond our solar system. The object — thought to be a comet — is only the third-ever confirmed interstellar visitor to pass through our cosmic neighborhood. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the comet poses no danger to Earth and will remain roughly 150 million miles

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