hydrogen
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Aussie Radio Telescope Spots Possible ‘Polar Ring’ Galaxy
A radio telescope in Australia recently captured a stunning image of NGC 4632, a galaxy some 56 million light-years from Earth. The image reveals a halo of cool hydrogen orbiting perpendicular to the galaxy itself. This ring—a “polar ring”—makes NGC 4632 a polar ring galaxy. The hydrogen gas encircling the galaxy is invisible to optical…
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Brace Yourself, The Hydrogen Powered Motorcycles Are Coming
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are following up on their agreement to standardize EV motorcycle batteries with a mad science experiment to develop hydrogen-powered motorcycles. Technically, the big four Japanese bike makers are starting a research group dubbed the “Hydrogen Small mobility and Engine technology,” or HySE for short, as Ride Apart reports. The research…
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Toyota’s New CEO Is All-In On Hydrogen, Despite Everyone Else Focusing on EVs
As the world moves towards electric vehicles, Toyota keeps banging a different zero-emission drum: Hydrogen. Between the production Mirai and hydrogen-powered concepts with manual transmissions or big V8 power, the company clearly views hydrogen-powered vehicles as part of our automotive future. Incoming CEO Koji Sato, speaking at an endurance race in which Toyota campaigned a…
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Airbus Will Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engines on the First A380
While the car world has reluctantly happily chosen battery power as the future of movement, other areas of transportation are still considering the best ways to go emission-free. But, after the news this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking that hydrogen has been picked as the future of aviation.