So if our solar system is more or less flat in terms of the planetary rotations around the sun (I'm using typical pictorial depictions of the solar system), what is up and down from our solar system ...

A mind-bending hypothesis is gaining traction among scientists: The universe may be teeming with microscopic black holes the size of an atom, but with the mass of a city-sized asteroid. Created just a ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The explosive death of a star — that may have been up to a dozen times the sun's mass — might ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is the Lead Consultant of STEM Spark Solutions. Rooftop solar has become one of the fastest-growing clean energy ...

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