Discover a simple trick to draw a perfect circle without using a compass. This easy method is surprisingly accurate and works ...

A stream of charged particles known as the solar wind flows from the Sun toward Earth. Here, it meets the Earth’s magnetic fields, which shield our planet like a giant umbrella. The Space Umbrella ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...

NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your ...

Astronomers have puzzled for years over a strange pattern in the outer solar system. A surprising number of icy bodies far beyond Neptune resemble snowmen, made of two rounded lobes stuck together.

Out in the Kuiper Belt, the massive doughnut of debris beyond Neptune, about one in 10 kilometer-scale objects have surprised scientists with their unexpected shape. Rather than resembling a ball, ...

Finding Earth’s exact position in the galaxy took centuries of observation and innovation. This story follows astronomers as they counted stars, measured motion, and mapped the Milky Way with ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

Florida residents are about to experience a significant increase in electricity costs due to the unprecedented $7 billion Florida Power and Light rate increase recently approved by the Public Service ...

Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...

The idea of solar tonneau covers has been floated for years, but Worksport’s SOLIS is now a real option for Rivian R1T owners. Pickup beds are ideal for solar panels; automakers delayed, but ...

United States-based space solar startup Overview Energy has announced its emergence from stealth mode to work on the next phase of commercialization. Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the company was ...