Elon Musk posted a single sentence on October 6 that would sound like science fiction from almost anyone else: SpaceX will ...

Three Indigenous studies scholars draw from colonial histories and explain why listening for alien life can have ethical ramifications.

A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical artificial structure that covers a star like an eggshell. It can be called the ultimate form ...

Imagine a world where energy shortages are a relic of the past, where the grid never falters, and where the sun shines not ...

Before the sun fully formed, tiny bits of rock were already recording the magnetic forces present in the very early solar system. More than 4.5 billion years later, scientists have learned how to read ...

Colonizing the Solar System sounds like humanity’s next great leap, but the reality is far more brutal. Mars, Venus, moons, asteroids, and deep-space habitats all present survival problems that ...

Ancient iron meteorites reveal that some of the Solar System’s first solid bodies were built mostly from tiny heat-forged rock beads called chondrules, while water-rich dust was largely excluded. The ...

Thousands of planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, offering clues to where life might thrive and whether Earth is truly unique. By Natalie Wolchover Natalie is a Pulitzer Prize winning ...

Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet and the one closest to the sun, hasn’t received as much love as its celestial neighbors. It’s the least explored of the inner solar system planets, which ...

Australia is a world leader when it comes to adopting rooftop solar systems. But our solar transition is leaving renters and apartment dwellers behind. According to the latest census, almost one-third ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah became the first state in the nation to pass a law allowing plug-in solar systems in 2025, making it easier for residents to generate their own electricity without the ...