Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

National Geographic was founded in 1888 by a group of visionaries who embodied an era of exploration, discovery, invention, and change. With offices around the world and headquarters in Washington ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system—and ... the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Solar-Powered Desalination System Requires No Extra Batteries Oct. 8, 2024 — Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations ...

The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system. None of the terrestrial planets have rings, although Earth does have belts of trapped radiation, as discussed below. Among ...

Learn GIS data collection methods; how items on campus can be located on a map and populated with important attributes.

National Grid Renewables started on-site construction at its Sycamore Creek Solar Project located in Crawford County, Ohio, which once operational, will deliver 117 MW of solar power and generate an ...

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As campaign season approaches, Democrats in Congress and the Biden administration will surely tout the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a major achievement. And thanks to generous tax credits, the ...

All the Facts You Need to Know: The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, famous from the 1986 film Top Gun, made its final U.S. Navy flight on September 22, 2006. One of ...

The nation put up 357 gigawatts of solar and wind, a 45% and 18% increase, respectively, over what was operating at the end of 2023, according to China's National Energy Administration.

The National Groundwater Information System is a spatial database for GIS specialists that contains a range of groundwater information submitted by States and Territories. The System contains more ...