China has just turned on a world-first solar thermal power plant in the Gobi Desert, a move that could change the way solar energy is produced. This new plant is designed to be cheaper and more ...

HEFEI -- Chinese and international scientists have, for the first time, discovered a solid inner core, with a radius of about 600 km, inside Mars, thereby providing crucial clues to the evolutionary ...

By solving a century-old physics problem, the Cambridge collaboration has unlocked a powerful new path toward creating highly ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object ...

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists ...

Some classes of stars create light elements, such as oxygen and silicon; others also craft heavier ones, such as iron and ...

Corporate buyers have led to the voluntary procurement of over 40% of the total capacity of U.S. solar and wind projects from ...

It’s especially puzzling since Venus is a terrestrial world much like Earth, so much so that it’s considered to be our planet ...

Researchers have made a significant advancement in understanding Earth's inner core, revealing new insights that could reshape our knowledge of the planet’s deepest layers.

Seismic studies reveal Mars may have a solid inner core. The result deepens knowledge of its evolution and lost magnetic field. Researchers have determined that Mars shares a structural similarity ...