New forecasts are helping scientists pinpoint one of the most elusive locations in space: the outer boundary of the Sun’s ...

Internal changes due to the Sun’s ‘active biorhythm’ have become increasingly ‘skin-deep’ over the past four solar activity cycles, according to a new study. Publishing its findings today (28 May) in ...

In 2015, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope identified one of the most Earth like planets ever discovered, Kepler 452b. It orbits ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...