Sarah Kay

If I should have a daughter, instead of 'Mom,' she's gonna call me 'Point B,' because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, 'Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.

Educator

Alex Honnold

I live out of my van, which gives me a first-hand appreciation for power and lighting. A few years ago, I rebuilt the interior of my van to include solar panels and a battery that powers LEDs for lighting and allows me to charge my phone and laptop.

American Athlete

Scott Kelly

I am humbled and excited by new opportunities for me to support and share the amazing work NASA is doing to help us travel farther into the solar system and work with the next generation of science and technology leaders.

American Astronaut

Lynn Jurich

With the right infrastructure in place, home solar will be recognized publicly as affordable, easy, and smart, and every new home built in the developed world can have clean energy sources built into it.

American Businesswoman

Bertrand Piccard

I came up with idea of a solar airplane flying around the world with no fuel - that would be a beautiful message in terms of technology, the energy of the future and the environment.

Swiss Psychologist

Billy Parish

As someone who runs a solar financing company and founded the world's largest youth clean energy organization, I know solar energy is a very good investment.

American Environmentalist

Thomas Mallon

The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact.

American Novelist

George Wald

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the only men.

American Scientist

Trent Franks

At present, it's not really clear who is in charge of protecting the nation from solar and nuclear EMP.

American Politician

Michael Shellenberger

You cannot power the world on wind and solar.

American Author

Used often in astronomy to discuss objects and phenomena related to the sun.

Astronomical Usage

While 'solar' relates to the sun, it doesn't mean something is hot or warm.

Not Always Hot

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe someone central and important in a group.

Figurative Expression

Implies that something is eco-friendly by using renewable solar energy.

Environmentally Friendly

Describes devices that solely rely on sunlight, not any other form of energy.

Energy Specificity

Usage implies dependency on sunny weather conditions for effectiveness.

Weather Dependent

Associated with medieval architecture, used for historical or descriptive accuracy.

Historical Context

May come up in literature to set a historic or romanticized scene.

Literary Description

 react in the stratosphere, blocking out solar radiation and drastically cooling the atmosphere below. The resulting volcanic winter, along with other effects such as acid rain, can effect multiple continents, disrupting natural cycles and annihilating the plant life on which other organisms,

The colossal consequences...

 as the universe expanded, they were amplified and stretched out to cosmic scales. Cosmologists believe that these original quantum fluctuations were the seeds of everything we see galaxies and the entire large scale structure of the universe, as well as planets and solar systems.

Is it possible to create...

 body in the solar system and they're created when an asteroid or comet hits the planet or a moon they have a very destructive reputation but they actually can create fantastic habitats for life microbes such as these cyanobacteria live inside impact sorted rocks and they

What does an alien look...

 Perhaps one day, we'll see gold rushes to tap the mineral wealth of the other planets of our solar system. And who knows? Maybe some future supernova will occur close enough to shower us with its treasure and hopefully not eradicate all life on Earth in the process.

Where does gold come...

 So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? To answer that question, we first need to examine how solar panels convert solar energy to electrical energy. Solar panels are made up of smaller units called solar cells.

How do solar panels...

 these new elements were spread across the universe and combined into new compounds, like the now familiar H2O. These water molecules were present in the dusty cloud that formed our solar system and more collided with our planet after its formation.

Where did Earth’s water...

 And his appetite for knowledge only grew as he taught himself astronomy, mathematics, engineering, and the study of the natural world. As an adult, he used astronomy to accurately predict lunar and solar events,

The exceptional life of...

 ammonia, and methane, the chemical behind the planet's cool blue color. This icy composition prevents Uranus from emitting much heat compared to other planets, making the blue world the solar system's coldest.

Uranus 101 PIPE National...

 And if we were going to find life on those moons and planets, then we would answer questions such as, are we alone in the solar system? Where are we coming from? Do we have family in the neighborhood?

Nathalie Cabrol: How...

 its life-giving rays take just eight minutes to reach us striking the earth head-on at the equator it's here that they deliver the most intense solar energy on the planet enabling life to flourish