Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean ...

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...

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March 14 is National Solar Appreciation Day. It's a day to recognize the benefits of solar energy and talk about its use. Many Arizonans use the sun's energy to help offset electricity costs or ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...

This content is sponsored by Solar Energy World. As heard on WTOP, meteorologist Wyatt Everhart, advisor for Solar Energy World, is answering some of the most pressing questions about shifting to ...

It may not feel like it, but everything in the universe is in constant motion. Our Sun, with all its planets, orbits the center of the Milky Way, flying through the cosmos at around 450,000 miles per ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Scientists say a nearby red dwarf star hosts a planetary lineup that looks like a mirror image of our own solar system, with rocky worlds bookending a pair of gas-rich planets. Around the star LHS ...