Which sun shade sail is best? Any outdoor space equipped with a sun shade sail offers relief from the heat, mild protection from rain and an improved aesthetic. Many sails may prevent harmful UV rays ...

Shade has always been a precious thing in the desert, but with increased energy costs and heightened environmental concerns, it's more valuable than ever. And there's a relatively new way to beat the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Your backyard beckons when the sun is out, but it’s tough to enjoy it during peak heat. If your patio, ...

Everyone is looking for some backyard shade these days, and the latest sun protection is a tensioned fabric canopy called a shade sail. Versions of these canopies originated in the 1990s in Australia ...

Materials exist today which can be used to make solar sails good enough to become solar sail sun satellites. Those solar sail satellites can be deployed to wait around the sun for interstellar objects ...

On Tuesday, a group of private space enthusiasts will launch a new kind of spaceship, pushed along by eight giant sails fueled by light particles. Because such craft don't need to carry fuel, backers ...

It takes a lot of power to get a spacecraft through Earth’s atmosphere and out of its gravity. But once a craft has reached orbit, it requires relatively little power to move through space. In fact, ...