NASA's upcoming TRACERS mission involves two satellites designed to study the interaction between solar wind and Earth’s ...

The same can't be said of "space weather" from solar events, which can seriously affect satellites and even passenger planes.

Solar panels work on cloudy days — they just don’t absorb quite as much energy as they do on sunny days.

When Voyager 2 performed the first and only close flyby of Uranus in 1986, scientists were left scratching their heads. Now, ...

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...

NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby in 1986 provided the only close-up look at Uranus. Nearly 40 years later, scientists are looking back at this data and finding out the visit happened during a strange space ...

Depending on conditions, a solar generator may be fully charged by the sun in as little as four hours, though it can take up ...

With the nation’s small businesses spending over​​ $60 billion per year on energy, solutions like solar power and energy storage systems have become increasingly popular. So popular in fact, that ...

Experts say they now know even less about a typical day on Uranus, and need a second spacecraft to visit the planet in order to find out more.

They could strengthen the U.S. grid – and provide a lifeline to the 1 billion people around the world who still don’t have access to reliable electricity.

The Sun’s activity is what gives us beautiful auroras – but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...