For the first time, images of the Sun's south pole have been captured by a space probe. This unique perspective provides scientists with valuable data about our star. The European Space ...

PHI's maps of the solar magnetic field highlight an intriguing paradox: While most magnets have a distinct north and south pole, the sun's south pole is ... one type of magnetic polarity apiece as our ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted ...

The first ever images of the sun's south pole have been snapped by satellite launched by the European Space Agency (ESA). Until now, every image of the sun has been taken from straight on, along ...

A shoebox-sized NASA-funded cubesat should create the most detailed, high-resolution map of lunar water ice ever attempted. Now scheduled for launch in 2020* as a secondary payload on NASA’s ...

Incredibly, while astronauts orbit the earth every day, some people deny that our planet is a sphere. Believing in a flat, disk-shaped earth, with the continents arranged around the North Pole ...

Earth-based radar observations have produced a detailed 3D map of the Moon’s south polar region, revealing a dramatic and rugged landscape. The map will help NASA assess the site’s potential ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So ...