Why do you need a solar system for your Commercial or Industrial Business? Solar power is clean and renewable energy, where the panels harvest all the energy from the sun. The energy is converted into electricity that can run small to large companies. Commercial solar panel systems are a great way to reduce huge electricity [...]

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The search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as weird life -- that is, life with an alternative biochemistry to that of life on Earth -- says a new report from the National Research Council.

The current process for planetary protection policy development is inadequate to respond to increasingly complex solar system exploration missions, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

If you've been waiting for a real mission of discovery into the unknown, this is it.

NASA's Mars helicopter is about to take space travel where it has never gone before.

CubeSats make it affordable for universities and private companies to launch a satellite into space.

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Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the universe. But can it be proven?

BE Solar partnered with Aeolus Capital Management to install a solar system for the Family Centre headquarters in Pembroke, and they noted that the solar system “will help the charity save over $4,800 each year by relying less on fossil fuel electricity.” A BE Solar spokesperson said, “Local solar company, BE Solar, has partnered with […]

Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet

The New Horizons mission to Pluto, now zooming out of the Kuiper belt, has made a discovery that could upend what we know about where the solar system ends

To transport our planet across the universe, we would need to bring the whole solar system to sustain life on Earth – on this episode of Dead Planets Society, our hosts contemplate how to shepherd all that baggage on this scenic journey

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A nearby star that exploded some 3 million years ago could have removed all dust smaller than a millimetre from the outer solar system

Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas

A nearby star that exploded some 3 million years ago could have removed all dust smaller than a millimetre from the outer solar system

Complex carbon-based molecules crucial to life on Earth originated somewhere in space, but we didn't know where. Now, huge amounts of them have been spotted in a huge, cold cloud of gas

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New observations by the Smithsonian’s Submillimeter Array, a radio telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii, are shedding light on planet formation. The array provides sharp views by combining eight antennas into the equivalent of a single, large telescope. It can resolve details as small as a dime seen from seven miles away.

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A new telescope has begun to virtually explore the solar system outback, and already is scoring discoveries.

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Our solar system seems like a neat and orderly place, with small, rocky worlds near the Sun and big, gaseous worlds farther out, all eight […]

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Astronomers announced today that they have found the organic molecule methyl alcohol, or methanol, in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disk. This is the first such […]

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What was happening (geologically speaking) on Earth way back when it was a mere babe and being showered with meteorites? Until a time machine is […]

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Jim Zimbelman, planetary geologist in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, shares his three favorite images from the exhibition "Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System.” On view at the Air and Space Museum through May 2, 2011, the exhibition by artist Michael Benson combines art, science, photography and exploration to unveil the diverse landscapes found on the planets in our Solar System.

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The search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as weird life -- that is, life with an alternative biochemistry to that of life on Earth -- says a new report from the National Research Council.

The current process for planetary protection policy development is inadequate to respond to increasingly complex solar system exploration missions, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The solar system could be thrown into disaster when the sun dies if the mysterious 'Planet Nine' exists, according to research from the University of Warwick.

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Earth probably formed in a hotter, drier part of the solar system than previously thought, which could explain our planet's puzzling shortage of water, a new st

Scientists are searching for possible sources for life on Earth on the edge of our Solar System.

NASA's far-reaching space probe is still within the sun's sphere of influence, but soon will leave into prediscovered areas.

Beautiful solar system map by Eleanor Lutz shows the orbits of more than 18,000 celestial objects.

Experts estimate that there are as many as 170 moons orbiting the eight planets of our section of the galaxy.

NASA is looking for someone to protect us from alien microbes — and the rest of the solar system from ourselves.

What caused the planets to neatly divide into terrestrial and gas giants? Scientists believe they now have the answer.

Total Shade Inc., an industry leader with existing patents that reduce heat transfer beyond windows, is set to excite the market again with its latest product launch.

Scientists studying diamonds from deep within Earth’s mantle found evidence of a reservoir of rocks and gas that may be nearly as old as the planet itself.

Astronomers discovered 20 new moons around Saturn, bringing its total to 82.

The comet, 2I/Borisov, comes from another planetary system, but bears a remarkable resemblance to local space rocks.

Perhaps the cigar-shaped object is a shard from a shredded planetary body, a computer simulation suggests

Walmart Inc. sued Tesla Inc., claiming it failed to live up to industry standards in the installation of solar panels on top of hundreds of stores, resulting in multiple fires across the U.S.

A bunch of asteroids near Jupiter and Neptune with orbits perpendicular to the plane of the solar system may have come here from a different star system

From vintage satellites to lunar rovers, space archaeologist Alice Gorman is teasing out a unique history of humanity from the objects we've dispatched from Earth

NASA has selected four potential future missions – to Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, Neptune’s icy moon Triton, and two that would explore the atmosphere and map the surface of Venus

Stars like our sun formed in a dense cluster with thousands of others, during which time they may have swapped planets