Material: Solar Panels & Gravitational Lenses 21Feb2008
In just 40 minutes on a sunny day in the UK, we receive enough energy from the Sun to provide the country’s entire energy requirements for a whole year. Quentin Cooper finds out how we can make more use of the Sun. Why are solar panels currently so inefficient and how can the blackness of a moth’s eye could help improve our ray catching abilities? Also why do stars act like a magnifying glass in the heavens. Astronomers have just discovered two giant gas planets orbiting a star which bear a…
