The tale of our sun may begin with another star: a predecessor whose fiery death brought about the birth of our solar system.

Though costly to implement, solar energy offers a clean, renewable source of power. 3 min read Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. As of 2011 ...

The solar system as we know it began life as a vast, swirling cloud of gas and dust, twisting through the universe without direction or form. About 4.6 billion years ago, this gigantic cloud was ...

When the solar system formed, rocks (and other dense, heavy materials in the dust cloud such as iron and uranium) tended to gather closer to the Sun, and these materials combined together to form ...

Today’s story, though, is focused on solar energy, and a popular myth that the ... Lightsource BP is a joint venture formed in 2010 that is 50% owned by London-based BP. Since the venture ...

“It was a mixed time,” noted Jay Hakes, an energy historian and former director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. President Jimmy Carter speaks in front of solar panels placed on roof ...

According to a new study, researchers from Linköping University in Sweden may have just found the key to unlocking the clean ...

Government incentives are helping to promote the use of solar energy. Here's what you need to know on how to add solar to your portfolio. Solar energy has been heralded as the next big alternative ...

Nextracker and the University of California Berkeley Engineering (UC Berkeley) formed a partnership aimed at advancing solar ...

And the scale is paying off around the world. Today, solar is the cheapest form of energy the world has ever seen, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency, and the price of large ...