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Just over 500m years ago life on Earth got souped-up, going from simple single-celled organisms to sophisticated multicellular lifeforms. The Cambrian explosion produced an array of…

November 14, 20251 min readSun Continues Celestial Fireworks Display with Powerful Solar FlareThe same region on the sun that’s responsible for this week’s stunning auroral display…

This year, new wind and solar power will more than meet growing demand for electricity globally, keeping fossil fuel consumption flat, analysts project.Solar continues its exponential…

Skywatchers enjoyed a stunning treat on Wednesday night, with the southern lights visible across large parts of Australia and New Zealand.The aurora australis that lit up…

November 12, 20252 min readSee Photos of the Northern Lights That Dazzled the U.S.A severe geomagnetic storm brought spectacular auroras to much of the U.S. on…

November 11, 20252 min readPowerful Solar Storm Could Trigger Far-Reaching Auroras across U.S.The sun just spat out several coronal mass ejections that could trigger a serious…

Solar geoengineering could increase the ferocity of North Atlantic hurricanes, cause the Amazon rainforest to die back and cause drought in parts of Africa if deployed…

Me wearing the hat with the cable running to a power bank. Richard Baguely/Zooey Liao/ CNET Like many middle-aged men, I have a big solar-powered area…

Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7bn grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities, according…

The Trump administration has killed a huge proposed solar power project in Nevada that would have been one of the largest in the world, indicating that…