Space looks empty until you try to cross it. Far beyond Pluto, where sunlight is faint and the planets are long behind, ...

For obvious reasons, the Sun’s influence weakens as you get closer to the edge of the solar system. But things might be a lot ...

A new Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) study based on data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has uncovered insights into ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are using a solar wind forecasting method combined with analytic and numerical ...

This artist’s rendition shows NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the ...

All around the world, big solar and wind projects are being rejected. From rural England to the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, local communities are telling alt-energy developers to take their projects and ...

Solar wind flowing from the Sun measured by Parker Solar Probe near the edge of the corona and later with Solar Orbiter at a larger distance during a spacecraft alignment. The solar wind contains ...

Something significant happened in 2024 that barely made headlines outside of energy circles. For the first time in modern ...

As solar and wind power have taken off around the world, so has the backlash against the waste they generate when the equipment has to be retired. Stories about wind turbine graveyards and solar ...