The sun's corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued ...

Even within our own solar system, distances are enormous. NASA astrophysicist Dr. Amber Straughn explains that driving a car ...

“The turbulence in the air severely degrades images of objects in space, like our Sun, seen through our telescopes. But we can correct for that,” Dirk Schmidt, Adaptive Optics Scientist at the ...

Republican lawmakers are encountering a surprising source of opposition to reforming and rationalizing U.S. energy policy: ...

The universe's vastness challenges human comprehension. It contains trillions of galaxies and countless stars. Pluto's ...

Three years ago, Ted Treadwell turned his water heater into a battery. His home in Santa Rosa, California, had relied on a ...

Despite being known as liberal bastions, the Pacific Northwest states have added only 1 renewable project over the last 10 ...

The clean energy transition may soon be on its own. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed last week by the House would ...

On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Bill 1, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). This ...

JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how ...

A massive barred spiral galaxy from the early Universe has stunned astronomers by forming stars at 300 times the rate of the ...