The solar array isn’t the only plan China has for space research—it also plans to reach the Moon and build an International ...

The concept of harnessing solar energy from space might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s rapidly edging ...

China wants to build a space-based solar power station in orbit around Earth, and it could do so in the next 25 years.

The Voyager team used data from the instrument to determine exactly when and where Voyager 1 exited the heliosphere and ...

Rolf Landauer showed that "information is physical" with every bit equivalent to a small amount of energy proportional to ...

The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the ...

Beaming energy across space: a solution for Earth’s power challenges? Space-based power isn’t just needed for enabling the next wave of space missions — it could also redefine how energy is ...

I believe those in the U.S. energy sector must embrace innovation, particularly in hydrogen technology, to lead the global ...

The research team attributed this behavior to cosmic-ray showers, which are high-energy particles from space that enter the ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead suggesting giant voids in space are creating an illusion. Dark energy ...

The researchers found that the contraction of the thermosphere — the atmospheric layer where the International Space Station orbits today — causes a plunge in density, leading to ripple effects.