The location of the solar system's outer boundary is a point of contention among astronomers. There are three possible candidates, which "all have merit." But which one is best? When you purchase ...

One year ago, Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate and test three technological innovations that are among those necessary to make space solar power a ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

In 2013, the United States installed more solar photovoltaic capacity than either Germany or Australia for the first time ever. (The US has tripled their combined population, so arguably this should ...

Installing solar panels in your home has never been easier or cheaper. But is it the right time -- and the correct choice -- for your home? Solar energy and panels have many pros, from the obvious ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.

Agrivoltaics are rapidly transitioning from emerging solar technology to an important pillar of the global solar sector. Research from the University of Debrecen found that, since 2014, developers ...

On a Hawaiian mountaintop in the summer of 1992, a pair of scientists spotted a pinprick of light inching through the constellation Pisces. That unassuming object — located over a billion kilometers ...