IEA PVPS Task 16 recently introduced SolarStations.org, a global catalogue of solar irradiance monitoring stations designed for researchers, developers, and policymakers. This openly available ...

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek, hand-powered orrery (a clockwork model of the solar system) that was used to predict celestial locations and eclipses decades in advance.

Innovative Solar System Model With Magnetic Precision. Posted: February 1, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. A fascinating blend of mechanics and magnetism brings a solar system model to life.

The solar system is primarily comprised of our sun — which makes up the vast majority of its mass — and the eight planets, which are split into three subcategories. First up are the rocky ...

However, on the much smaller scales of our solar system, it’s hard to measure the miniscule changes affected by dark matter, even at the distances of the outer planets. Credit: Astronomy: Roen ...

Vintage engraving of a Orrery, Planetarium, mechanical model of the Solar System, 19th Century. An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates or predicts the relative positions ...

U of A scale model solar system extends off campus to add Pluto's broken heart. Henry Brean Jun 1, 2024 Jun 1, 2024 Updated Jun 5, 2024; ×. Henry Brean, Arizona Daily ...

An illustration of the solar system (not to scale), including the sun, inner rocky planets, asteroid belt, the outer gassy planets, and—beyond Neptune—the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud.

Less than a week after The Wall St. Journal reported on how a Snapchat feature dubbed “solar system” was adding to teens’ anxiety, the company has responded by adjusting how the feature works.

Renaissance-era astronomers made planetariums to predict solar eclipses. This device, known as an orrery, couldn’t accurately tell when an eclipse would occur, but it made a great teaching tool.