MINOT — It was grotesque to watch as Doug Burgum degraded himself, sacrificing his ideals and legacy on the altar of ambition, running a bizarre campaign for president and positioning himself among the yes-men surrounding President Donald Trump. But the former governor and current Secretary of the Interior isn’t wrong about federal energy policy. Mr. … Read more
The transition to using sustainable energy sources is a major change in the U.S. energy system. A small number of emerging towns and cities across the country are beginning to successfully incorporate renewable energy sources into their electricity supply as part of an effort to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. These towns and cities are … Read more
The universe looks very impressive when visualized with an X-ray machine. More importantly, X-ray images provide important scientific insights by revealing features of the universe that cannot be observed in visible light. The same is true for our solar system, but this has been difficult because of the challenge of separating local emissions from the … Read more
Kern County, California — Tucked into a green-gold hillside at the base of the San Joaquin Valley, this low midcentury building is the heart of California’s great water system. For more than 50 years, the Edmundston Pumping Station has pumped water nearly 2,000 feet from the towering Tehachapi Mountains, connecting water from Northern California to … Read more
Last week, Artemis 2 astronauts witnessed a total solar eclipse from space as the Orion spacecraft spent nearly an hour in the moon’s shadow. But you don’t have to travel beyond the moon to see a truly private solar eclipse, as a remote team from France and Italy’s Concordia Institute recently experienced. Concordia Research Station … Read more
Waves are one of the most well-known features. earth’s oceansshaped by wind, gravity, and the properties of water itself. But outside of Earth, the oceans may be made of methane, gravity may pull with a different force, and the same waves may behave in ways that challenge everything scientists expect. New research published in Geophysical … Read more
Solar energy power plants do more than just generate energy. More and more people are turning to the solar power sector to meet their energy needs. A recent study published in March describes some unexpected benefits this can provide. and Not from where you’d expect. How do solar panel farms allow the surrounding soil to … Read more
It started out as another exoplanet in a group labeled “ordinary.” No one expected that a world once thought to be a mini-Neptune would reveal super-Venusian characteristics and change the way we view certain types of planets. Astronomers used JWST data to learn more about an unusual place called Enaiposha, which orbits a red dwarf … Read more