At 4:56 a.m. EST (0956 GMT) on Feb. 17, the moon will begin to turn the sun into an impressive "ring of fire" during an ...

The US and China are racing to build space-based solar power infrastructure that would beam electricity down to Earth 24/7.

This test flight, conducted by the Ashburn, Virginia-based startup Overview Energy, marks a major victory in the quest for ...

China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions ...

“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...

In general, solar PV deposited on glass is significantly more efficient than thin film, but this is the price you pay for off-world deployments. Paul Warley, CEO of Colorado-based Ascent Solar, told ...

A U.S. startup called Overview Energy successfully carried out a wireless power-beaming test using a moving aircraft in ...

In a development straight out of an iconic science fiction novel, laser beams from the Sun sent directly to Earth may be the ...

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

Beijing team finds that potential electrical discharges, though brief, could induce abnormal currents in spacecraft systems.

By combining observations from two space missions, scientists were able to follow one exceptionally active region on the Sun ...

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based ...