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Power Generated From Earth's Movement Through its Own Magnetic Field
Nearly two centuries after Faraday’s failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...
After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
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Can Earth’s Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea
Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...
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The Universe from the Center- April 2025
The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...
Auroras Are Spotted on Neptune for the First Time, and Lead to a New Mystery
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
Strong Aurora Alert Issued For 21 U.S. States Sunday — What To Know
A G3 geomagnetic storm is predicted to strike Earth, with displays of the Northern Lights possible across northern U.S. states.
A possible way to generate electricity using Earth's rotational energy
A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S ...
Scientists Turned the Earth’s Rotation Into 17 Microvolts of Electricity. That Could Be Revolutionary.
A new study reports that researchers have successfully used a meticulously designed cylinder to harness electricity as it ...
Scientists use Earth's rotational energy to generate electricity
The study, published in the journal Physical Review Research, builds on work the team conducted back in 2016 and an idea ...