NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle Oct. 15, 2024 — Experts have announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year.

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While President Donald Trump’s sweeping levies on foreign imports have captured global headlines, antidumping and ...

Planetary science is the study of the celestial bodies that orbit stars, with a particular focus on our own solar system. This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons ...

Researchers suggest Alpha Centauri may be the origin of millions of interstellar objects now in our solar system, some possibly even reaching Earth, though harmlessly, highlighting the interconnected ...

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) telescope was one of several proposal that were incorporated into the Habitable ...

Solar cells are devices for converting sunlight into electricity. Their primary element is often a semiconductor which absorbs light to produce carriers of electrical charge. An applied electric ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there ...

An entire asteroid doesn't just materialize out of nothing, though, and now astronomers have determined what 2024 YR4 is made of, what it looks like, and the unexpected place in the Solar System that ...