For the first time, images of the Sun's south pole have been captured by a space probe. This unique perspective provides ...

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

A map showing the movement of the magnetic north pole. The magnetic north pole of Earth moves over time depending on the motion of molten iron in the planet's core.

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...

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

The magnetic North Pole is moving from Canada toward Siberia. The Earth's magnetic field has slowly changed since the planet's formation. As tectonic plates rise along mid-ocean ridges and meet ...

Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant ...

Some animals that migrate across the globe-such as birds, salmon, lobsters and sea turtles-are known to navigate using the magnetic field lines that stretch from Earth's north to south pole ...

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 ...