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Northern Lights Dazzle U.S. Skies after Powerful Solar Storm

Northern Lights Dazzle U.S. Skies after Powerful Solar Storm

November 12, 2025 2 min read See Photos of the Northern Lights That Dazzled the U.S. A severe geomagnetic storm brought spectacular auroras to much of the U.S. on Tuesday night By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson The aurora borealis glows above rural Monroe County near Bloomington, Ind., on November 12, 2025. Jeremy Hogan/Getty […]

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Qcells furloughs 1,000 US employees following detention of solar cells by US Customs

Qcells furloughs 1,000 US employees following detention of solar cells by US Customs

Latest Qcells furloughed 1,000 employees, while laying off a further 300, in Georgia. Image: Qcells. Qcells, a subsidiary of Korean solar PV module manufacturer Hanwha Solutions, has announced plans to reduce pay and working hours for one-third of its 3,000 employees in the US state of Georgia following the continued detention of the company’s cells

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Back contact solar technology: from premium niche to mainstream contender

Back contact solar technology: from premium niche to mainstream contender

“This year we are starting to see clients—mostly independent power producers (IPPs); engineering, procurement and construction firms (EPCs); and developers—buying back contact modules, and we are auditing back contact module manufacturing lines and inspecting and testing those modules before they leave the factories,” Granata explains. “At the moment, it’s still the minority—less than 10% of

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SunPower continues expansion with Ambia Solar acquisition

SunPower continues expansion with Ambia Solar acquisition

Latest The signing of a non-binding letter of intent comes less than two months after the acquisition of Sunder. Image: SunPower. US solar installer SunPower has continued its expansion in the residential market with the acquisition of Utah-based residential installer Ambia Solar. The companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for US$37.5 million

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NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to ‘highly elevated solar activity’

NASA scrubs ESCAPADE launch due to ‘highly elevated solar activity’

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket designed for the NG-2 mission is pictured at sunset at Launch Complex 36, the evening of Nov. 8, 2025. The rocket will carry NASA’s ESCAPADE mission along with a payload demonstration for Viasat. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now Update Nov. 12, 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 UTC): NASA scrubbed the

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Severe solar storm could trigger auroras across Canada and northern U.S. states tonight

Severe solar storm could trigger auroras across Canada and northern U.S. states tonight

Science Skygazers are spotting the lights deeper into Canada, the U.S. and Europe because the sun is going through a major facelift. Every 11 years, its poles swap places, causing magnetic twists and tangles along the way. Skygazers have spotted the lights deeper into Canada, the U.S. and Europe as sun goes through changes Adithi

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Powerful Solar Storm Could Trigger Far-Reaching Auroras across U.S.

Powerful Solar Storm Could Trigger Far-Reaching Auroras across U.S.

November 11, 2025 2 min read The sun just spat out several coronal mass ejections that could trigger a serious solar storm on Wednesday By Meghan Bartels edited by Lee Billings Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Join Our Community of Science Lovers! A powerful solar storm could spark auroras as far south as northern California and Alabama

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Automated satellite solar module production ramps up in New York

Automated satellite solar module production ramps up in New York

Kevin Hell, mPower Technology’s CEO, said the company has ordered the equipment needed to double annual automated production capacity to 2 MW by mid-2026. Credit: mPower Technology TAMPA, Fla. — New Mexico-based mPower Technology has started automated, high-volume production of its space-grade solar modules in New York, the company announced Nov. 11 as it ramps

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