Guest: Professor Dagomar Degroot, environmental historian at Georgetown University and author of Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: ...

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Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The Carrington Event, as it was later called, revealed that the Sun’s environment could violently change. It also suggested that emerging technologies, such as the electrical telegraph, were beginning ...

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A star is heading toward the outskirts of our solar system, and it’s getting here sooner than expected.Gliese 710, a rogue dwarf star, is now estimated to brush past our solar neighborhood in just ...

Integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS) with solar projects is continuing to be a key strategy for strengthening grid resilience and optimising power dispatch. With proper planning, power ...

Recent federal actions cast uncertainty over the future of North Carolina’s solar industry. But people familiar with the history of rooftop solar in the state say uncertainty is nothing new.

Astronomers have recently detected a colossal object at the edge of our solar system, sparking excitement and curiosity within the scientific community. This discovery could provide crucial insights ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is ...