On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

Linking Earth's fast-growing data center industry to clean energy could lower pollution, reduce energy demand, and boost economic growth.

For decades, Earth’s energy system has been out of whack. Stability in Earth's climate hinges on a delicate balance between the amount of energy the planet absorbs from the sun and the amount of ...

A revolution in geothermal energy, involving both shallow geoexchange systems like New York's Riverie and deep drilling enhanced geothermal techniques, is set to provide baseload clean energy and ...

New satellite-based analysis explains how energy carried by Alfvén waves moves from Earth’s magnetosphere into the atmosphere to generate auroral light emissions.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new space mission will measure how much heat gets trapped in Earth's atmosphere to help gauge ...

A Caltech team is celebrating the world's first space-based wireless power transmission, and the first time detectable levels of power have been beamed down to Earth. The Space Solar Power Project ...

The theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson once imagined an alien civilization that was so advanced that it had surrounded its parent star with a giant, artificial shell. The inner surface of this “Dyson ...

The imbalance of energy on Earth is the most important metric in order to gauge the size and effects of climate change, according to a new study. The imbalance of energy on Earth is the most important ...