Extraterrestrial Power has developed a space-grade solar cell thin enough for mass production and estimates it to be 10 times ...

In winter, incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation can greatly change the temperature of an air mass.

In winter, incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation can greatly change the temperature of an air mass. Thick clouds can greatly reduce the amount of solar radiation that reaches ...

Geomagnetic storms also cause problems on Earth. The electric currents they create can overload power plants and cause ...

"We're at solar maximum; to find time to make some of these big changes is going to require time and more resources, so we ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...

Fusion technology is a long way from powering a grid — if it ever will. Dozens of fusion startups have launched anyway.

After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles under 5 mm, significantly impact climate change by disrupting carbon cycles, oceanic ...

Is nuclear power or renewable energy the key to a zero-carbon future? Explore costs, risks, and global trends shaping the ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...