Scientists have identified an object about 435 miles (700 km) wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly ...

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.

The object’s aphelion—the farthest point on the orbit from the sun—is more than 1,600 times that of Earth’s orbit,” Institute ...

Remote-controlled robots could one day build giant solar farms in space, according to a recent trial in the UK.

Abstract: This paper presents a solar photovoltaic (PV) based electric vehicle (EV) charging system with the ability to charge the EV battery storage system and with vehicle to grid (V2G) operation to ...

Lovejoy likely hails from the Oort cloud, a distant shell of icy objects thought to surround the solar system. It’s one of the roughly 4,000 known comets among the billions estimated to exist in ...

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California’s outdated rooftop solar system is shifting billions of dollars’ worth of subsidies onto non-rooftop solar customers. Justin Paget Getty Images Californians are struggling to keep up.

Abstract: The use of hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) in renewable energy sources (RES) of photovoltaic (PV) power generation provides many advantages. These include increased balance between ...

DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES. THE BART SYSTEM IS BACK UP AND RUNNING AFTER A COMPUTER ISSUE CAUSED ALL BART TRAINS TO STOP. THIS MORNING. THE MASS KCRA 3’S RYAN CURRY SPOKE WITH ...

The agency announced the closure of the system about 4:25 a.m. The system-wide closure ended about 9:20 a.m., and major delays followed into the afternoon. BART has long relied on aging technology ...

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts. If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all ...