Solar

A new study finds that China’s solar energy boom is hurting bird diversity

Here are four reasons solar energy has seen a meteoric rise in recent years

Strange whirlpools of plasma seen in the sharpest images ever captured of our star help explain the deep origins of Earth-threatening space weather and more

Inventing better materials to improve solar energy

After decades of fighting for renewable energy, solar power is finally achieving economic dominance. But AI data centers threaten to consume those energy gains

A century after Robert Goddard’s first-ever launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, two NASA experts weigh in on what his legacy still holds for spaceflight’s future

Traditional solar fails in the windswept north. Two Swedish inventors are betting on aerodynamic resilience to solve the latitude gap

With no fuel or engines, tiny explorers will surf sun-warmed air alone to explore high in the skies of Earth and Mars

Even without subsidies, renewable energy is staying competitive with power from gas and coal

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

Two renewable resources, wind and solar, together have produced more power than coal through July—a first for the U.S.

Inside giant, iridescent clams are algal farms that could inspire highly efficient bioreactors