A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...

Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path of totality moving west ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing link in planet formation.

An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission that orbits the Sun on an elliptical path to ...

Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging utilities. What’s happening in suburban Cape Town is being repeated at ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

China has brought a massive offshore solar farm online – a full 1 gigawatt of photovoltaic capacity built at sea. The Guohua Investment Shandong HG14 Offshore Photovoltaic Project is now online and ...

The planet is experiencing the most powerful solar event since 2003—and it's bringing spectacular Northern Lights.

Over the summer, scientist Martin Muggli began seriously considering installing solar panels on his Lafayette home. He had already helped his sister plan her own system and thought he could get his ...