If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is hotter this time of year, you will have to think again.

Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

Energy from the sun reaches the earth as visible, infrared, and ultraviolet (UV) rays. Ultraviolet A (UVA) is made up of wavelengths 320 to 400 nm (nanometers) in length. Ultraviolet B (UVB) ...

Wind provides about 10% of the electricity generated in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, ...

Summer is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from July 17 until August 11 — the retrograde begins after the full moon lunar ...

Researchers at the University of Miami are hoping that hybrid corals, created by breeding local corals with those that thrive ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

The team found that the planet, dubbed HIP 67522 b, orbits its parent star so tightly that it appears to cause frequent ...

On Jan. 4, Earth received its maximum radiation from the sun, which was at its largest in the sky for 2025. The difference isn't huge — the sun today appears to be a mere arcminute (1/60th of a degree ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...

Global Energy Independence Day, observed on 10 July, 2025, highlights the urgent need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels ...

It is possible to make a material emit more radiation than it absorbs, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient ...