Tag: Solar
Upgraded Very Large Array Telescope Will Spot Baby Solar Systems—If It’s...
New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above....
Stronger Solar Activity Cycles May Be in the Sun’s Forecast
The Sun May Be Entering an Era of Stronger 11-Year CyclesThe sun has produced stunning auroras on Earth in recent years as solar...
Solar Geoengineering Is Possible with Existing Aircraft, Study Finds
CLIMATEWIRE | A futuristic geoengineering proposal might be easier to accomplish in the real world than scientists previously thought.New research suggests that a...
Mysterious Glowing Structure Discovered Near Solar System
Giant, Glowing Gas Cloud Discovered Just 300 Light-Years AwayAn enormous glowing cloud that contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas has been...
Mysterious Dark Comets Could Unlock Solar System Secrets
Davide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at NASA’s Center for...
Cheap solar power is sending electrical grids into a death spiral
In 1812 Frederick Winsor, a madcap entrepreneur, invented the public utility. The idea behind his Gas Light and Coke company, which would supply...
How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?
When I was a kid, there were nine planets.Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns....
