The Ripton writer, educator and environmentalist has spent decades warning us about an impending climate apocalypse. Now he offers a ray of hope in dark times.

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Natalie Paine, a French horn player in New Zealand’s navy, has been stationed in Antarctica on a military posting since October.

In a development that upends how we think about energy at night, engineers at UC Davis have created a device that taps the ...

Solar panels do a remarkable job during the day; however, the hours when people need the most electricity rarely coincide ...

Space looks very dark from Earth. But does the solar system, and the universe for that matter, have an area that's the ...

A cooling night sky becomes a power source for electricity in a new study that shows how radiative heat loss can drive a working engine.

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The chances for visibility are higher in the northern part of the United States. However, the Space Weather Prediction Center shows the "visibility line" as far south as Georgia and Alabama and even ...

From early Aboriginal ancestral accounts, to recent contemporary art, the aurora australis have long inspired humans. Here's some examples.

Pretoria residents might just be lucky enough to witness the rare Southern Lights dancing faintly on the southern horizon tonight.