The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.
With the race for clean energy intensifying, scientists are revisiting an old idea: harvesting the Sun’s power from space ...
Global electricity use is increasing rapidly and must be addressed sustainably. Developing new materials could give us much ...
Can we really reach another solar system? This video explores how humanity might colonize Proxima Centauri B, our closest potentially habitable exoplanet, located in the Alpha Centauri system. We ...
Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...
From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...
Recently, perovskite solar cells have emerged as a promising alternative to traditional silicon panels, offering potentially higher efficiency and lower production costs. With the increased demand for ...
The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...
The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...
S1: Hey , San Diego. I'm Andrew Bowen in for Jade Hindman. The California Supreme Court hands a badly needed victory to the rooftop solar industry. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting our ...