Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation Aquarius about 40 light-years from Earth, spits out bursts of energy known ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

Surprise, it's twins.

The world's largest solar telescope has reached an important milestone. The data published now were obtained during the technical commissioning of the instrument. The world's largest solar telescope, ...

Rooftop solar PV has been central to the global energy transition since its origins, starting with Charles Fritts’ rooftop Selenium cell in New York in 1883. The modern era began in the 1940s, when ...

Article ‘Count’ and ‘Share’ for Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) based on listed parameters only. The articles listed below published by authors from Max Planck Institute for Solar ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia collided with the young Earth. How the collision unfolded and what exactly ...