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Astronomers observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS glowing bright green as it traveled through our solar system, raising questions about its unusual chemical composition. The video explores ...

We’ve found lots of “habitable” worlds but we don’t know what factors are needed for life. There are lots of reasons to search for planets around other stars—exoplanets. A big one is to find other ...

This simulation shows how charged particles (plasma) from the Sun, blasted out on 20 May 2024, spread through the Solar System. The Sun lies at the centre of the circle, and the positions of several ...

Blue Origin's Power Tower could supply more than 10 kW of solar power to a future lunar base at the Moon's south pole.

A technician discovered a badly done lithium battery pack when his customer brought it in for an upgrade. The pack had no BMS ...

Artist’s illustration of a small world passing front of a background star. When astronomers in Japan recently observed the small outer solar system object 2002 XV93, the light from the star gradually ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

This week marks 48 years since the Sept. 5, 1977, launch of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to study Jupiter and Saturn up close. Nearly a half-century later, Voyager 1 and ...

MICHAEL ATKIN: And problems ever since? ADRIAN GOODFELLOW: Virtually from the next morning. MICHAEL ATKIN: Four months ago, Adrian Goodfellow had a solar battery system installed at his farm in ...