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Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Solar System’s Secret History

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Solar System’s Secret History

September 25, 2025 4 min read Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System Many asteroids are related, but their family trees can be hard to trace By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings This illustration shows the creation of an asteroid family. Ejected fragments from catastrophic collisions of asteroids between

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‘100-year-old grids’ are ‘bottleneck’ to solar-plus-storage growth, Global Solar Council says

‘100-year-old grids’ are ‘bottleneck’ to solar-plus-storage growth, Global Solar Council says

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The GSC argues that regulation “lags” behind solar and energy storage technologies. Image: Matthew Henry/Unsplash Global grids have failed to keep pace with renewable energy technologies and have become the “bottleneck of the energy transition”, according to a new policy report from the Global Solar Council (GSC). The

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European Energy commissions 90MW hybrid solar-wind plant in Sweden

European Energy commissions 90MW hybrid solar-wind plant in Sweden

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads The Skåramåla project, pictured above, marks the first of three hybrid solar-wind projects European Energy is developing in Sweden. Image: European Energy Danish renewables developer European Energy has powered a 90MW hybrid solar-wind park in Sweden, its first hybrid project. Located in the southern county of Kronoberg, the

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Redwire to provide solar arrays for Axiom space station module

Redwire to provide solar arrays for Axiom space station module

Axiom Space is one of several companies planning commercial space stations. Credit: Axiom Space WASHINGTON — Axiom Space has awarded a contract to Redwire to provide solar arrays for the first module of Axiom’s planned commercial space station. The companies announced Sept. 25 that Redwire will provide a version of its Roll-Out Solar Array, or

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Inox Solar starts 1.2GW first phase of Indian TOPCon module manufacturing plant

Inox Solar starts 1.2GW first phase of Indian TOPCon module manufacturing plant

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads Inox Solar plans to scale up production at the facility to an annual capacity of 3GW. Image: NHPC India. Indian solar manufacturer Inox Solar has started the first phase of commercial operations at a module manufacturing plant in Bavla, India, with an annual production capacity of 1.2GW. The

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X-Elio commissions its first US solar-plus-storage project, supplying BASF’s Texas operations

X-Elio commissions its first US solar-plus-storage project, supplying BASF’s Texas operations

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads A power purchase agreement for the 70MW/60MW solar-plus-storage project was secured with chemicals company BASF. Image: X-Elio Spanish renewables developer X-Elio has commissioned its first solar-plus-storage project in the US. Located in Dayton, Texas, the Liberty Energy Project combines 72MW of solar PV with 60MW of battery energy

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Study says EU 30GW solar module manufacturing target is achievable

Study says EU 30GW solar module manufacturing target is achievable

Latest Features , Interviews , Long Reads By 2030, the EU could potentially have 44.6GW annual nameplate capacity for modules, says the study. Image: SolarPower Europe/Fraunhofer ISE. A study by Fraunhofer ISE, and commissioned by trade body SolarPower Europe (SPE), has concluded that reaching the EU’s solar module manufacturing target of 30GW per year is

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What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

“Solar panels today will eventually reach the end of their life and need recycling or disposing of” Jacques Hugo/Getty Images By the mid 2020s, solar power had become the cheapest form of electricity generation in history and the fastest-growing type of energy supply. The lifespan of solar panels had increased significantly, to 30 or 40

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