Every June 30th, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact and turns global attention to the science of ...

As humanity continues to expand its presence in space, the questions we’re asking are also getting grander in scale. Here’s an example: What if we could “stop” space weather? An ambitious proposal, ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Deployment of hybrid solar and battery power plants for hyperscalers is surging as developers capitalize on fast construction timelines ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus, this extra world might have triggered a violent ...

China’s Talatan Solar Park, with 16.9 GW of capacity, demonstrates how large-scale solar development can benefit from high-altitude desert environments. California is planning a 21 GW solar project ...

Researchers from UNSW and DAS Solar developed a zero-busbar metal grid optimization approach for tunnel oxide passivated back-contact (TBC) silicon solar cells, enabling more efficient current ...

In brief: Solar-powered cars are still not practical at full scale. Panels are cheaper and more efficient than they used to be, but they do not generate enough energy to move a standard vehicle over ...

Renewable energy growth is creating grid volatility because solar and wind output often fails to match demand. Researchers in China have developed a modified balsa wood material that absorbs sunlight ...

Scientists are grappling with a cosmic mystery: why does the Universe behave differently on massive scales compared to our own solar system? While distant galaxies reveal clear signs of something ...

Planets around other stars can help answer one of the greatest mysteries: How did we get here? How did the spinning disk of material left behind by our sun’s birth form our planet and its seven ...

The US needs a lot more electricity fast, and one company thinks robots can help build it quicker. Berkeley, California-based Terabase Energy says its next-gen Terafab automated solar construction ...