A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar ...

Humanity has always dreamed of creating a kind of aircraft that’s capable of staying airborne indefinitely. Ok, maybe not humanity per se, but those of us who are into waging war or protecting borders ...

The aircraft that proved solar power could circle the Earth just lost power forever. Solar Impulse 2-the pioneering plane that completed aviation’s first solar-powered circumnavigation in 2016-crashed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swiss pilot Raphaël Domjan soared more than 31,000 feet above the Alps using nothing but sunlight, appearing to shatter the ...

Solar Impulse 2, the pioneering aircraft known for the first round-the-world solar flight, was lost during an uncrewed flight, ending its decade-long journey in the skies. The experimental aircraft ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Oct 29, 2025 at 5:02 ...

The U.S. Navy has quietly written a small but telling check to a company working on a solar‑electric aircraft that can stay aloft for months. By putting $1.4 million behind Skydweller’s experimental ...

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