Solar panels still generate electricity on cloudy days and in cold weather, albeit less. Clouds cut output as less sunlight reaches the panels, but they continue producing power from indirect light.

A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather patterns on distant Earth-like planets. Published in The Astronomical ...

Jacksonville, Fla – A new study is shedding light—literally—on how bursts of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets, and it’s turning heads back here on our own world too.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's IMAP mission will give Earthlings a sort of early warning system when solar weather may affect satellites and global ...

Solar storms and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can disrupt everything from satellites to power grids. A new AI tool, PINNBARDS, developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and NSF-NCAR, can now ...

The Sun’s magnetic poles are in the middle of an uneven, drawn-out reversal as Solar Cycle 25 moves through its solar maximum ...

The first heliophysics AI foundation model trained on high resolution solar observation data offers insights into the Sun's dynamic surface, helping plan for solar weather that can disrupt technology ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA and NOAA are launching a powerful new tool called the SWFO-L1 satellite, which stands for “Space Weather Follow-On at Lagrange Point 1,″ to help us better understand and prepare ...

New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...

Thousands of solar panels were shattered when a storm dropped golf ball-sized hail on a 3,300-acre, 350 MW utility-scale project in suburban Houston early last year. Production fell sharply for three ...