Our sun is an interesting place. A glowing fiery ball of hydrogen and helium that without it, would limit the existence of life as we know it. We on Earth care about the sun for the heat it provides ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...

Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about ...

Intelsat says high space weather activity likely knocked out onboard electronics needed to communicate with Galaxy 15 and keep it locked in its GEO orbital position. Image credit: NASA LOGAN, Utah — A ...

A northern Westchester County reservoir may soon be home to a floating solar panel array. The proposal is raising interest, ...

Earlier this week, Reuters reported that New York state’s power grid met 20% of its electricity demand with energy from the sun one afternoon last week, marking the highest ever output from solar ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...