Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.
New research has discovered 16 new desert grasshopper species, revealing their Ice Age-driven isolation and diversification.
The world around us was khaki and brown—a sprawling sea of sand, with tracks carved in the dirt for makeshift roadways.
From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...
Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...
ESOChile's pristine, dark desert skies are world-renowned for astronomy.But now the community says they are at risk of being ...
In November 2024, voters approved Proposition 479, extending the existing half-cent tax to fund future transportation ...
Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...
Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But according to DarkSky ...
Today, most of the meteorite is on display at the California State Minerals and Mining Museum in Mariposa, writes.
(starscapes.zone) Here, you can choose from a selection of glamping experiences in the winter desert breeze ... in the world to observe the night skies, with a multitude of stars visible to ...
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