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NASA’s Voyager spacecraft hit a blazing 50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our solar system that shouldn’t exist

Two of NASA’s longest-running space missions, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, have detected a searing-hot region of space where the ...
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Uranus’s extreme radiation belts linked to ancient solar wind event

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts about 97.7 degrees relative to its orbit, so the planet spends long stretches ...
Nature

Solar Energetic Particle Events and Coronal Mass Ejections

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are central features of solar activity that significantly influence space weather. SEPs are high‐energy particles expelled ...
Politifact

No, wind and solar power aren’t ‘worthless’ when there’s no wind or sun

Wind energy infrastructure doesn’t produce power if the air isn’t moving, and solar doesn’t generate power if the sun’s not out. But that doesn’t mean that either source of energy is "worthless" ...
The New York Times

Here’s What the Rise of Clean Energy Looks Like From Space

A constellation of satellites orbiting 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years: Here’s what renewable energy sites looked like eight years ago. 2017 ...
American Institute of Physics

Wind and solar energy can both help and hinder each other’s efforts

Two renewable energy sources, wind and solar, are generally studied individually, but their interplay can affect how the grid operates.
Princeton University

Princeton in space: IMAP prepares for launch

This story has been updated to reflect a new scheduled launch time, Weds., Sept. 24. On Wednesday, Sept. 24, a Falcon 9 rocket will break the bonds of gravity while carrying the Interstellar Mapping ...