The world is hungrier than ever for energy.  Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting around ...

Following the SpaceX–xAI tie-up, Musk’s "sentient sun" comments point to orbital AI data centers, not science fiction.

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are ...

The idea that it’s “too late” to reduce emissions fuels cynicism and despair, putting us on an even worse trajectory.

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

The gas giant’s shape and size, previously known only from data collected more than 45 years ago, have been updated at last.

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometres per second, just over double Earth&rsquo ...

T o make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired ...

Colorado’s Green Energy Express is careening out of control and heading for a derailment. The only thing that can prevent it now are alert ratepayers recognizing the warning signs and regaining ...

Researchers say tropical coral reefs may have already crossed a tipping point, portending mass dieback. Studies suggest they ...