There are trillions of charged particles—protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter—whizzing around above your head at any given time. These high-energy particles, which can travel at ...

Scientists have long considered the potential of harvesting the Earth’s magnetic field for energy and extensive research has been conducted into its influence. One theory proposes that the process of ...

President Trump indicated Monday he wants a deal for rare earth elements and other items from Ukraine in exchange for continued military aid in the nation’s war against Russia. “We’re ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth's natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia ...

Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that's shooting a giant energy beam directly at Earth. The cosmic juggernaut, which is about as massive as 700 million ...

China has unveiled an ambitious plan to harness solar power from space, marking a transformative step in energy innovation. The project, likened to a "Three Gorges Dam above Earth," promises ...

Chinese scientists have announced a plan to build an enormous, 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous energy back to Earth via microwaves. The project ...

The energy sector is one of the largest contributors to ... Jan. 27, 2025 — While floating solar -- the emerging practice of putting solar panels on bodies of water -- is promising in its ...

"Such objects are usually designed to burn up as they re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere or to fall over unoccupied areas, such as the oceans," the space agency told The New York Times. Since those ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

can be seen using binoculars from the Northern Hemisphere. (Artwork shows an asteroid and Earth). A near-Earth asteroid with about the same diameter as The National Mall in Washington D.C. had a ...

C hina's plan to build a massive solar power station in space could generate more energy in one year than all of Earth's remaining oil reserves. The proposed 0.6-mile-wide solar array, which will ...