The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia tests the limits of solar power in futuristic race car designs. Competitors from around the globe build vehicles which travel nearly 2,000 miles ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has blown through the ribbon at the end of the robot race, breaking the record for farthest distance traveled using solar power. The spacecraft is on its way to rendezvous ...

Even with these radical body shapes, the contests have had to push further the bounds of aerodynamism and efficiency, utilizing fins.

New fin technology was on display at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC) time trials on Saturday (August 23), as ...