The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole" according to the European Space ...

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

Ever wondered why planes often fly over the North Pole but almost never cross the South Pole? It all comes down to logistics, safety, and practicality. The North Pole is surrounded by land and has ...

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 ...

President Trump installed nearly 100-foot flagpoles on the North and South lawns of the White House, and we compared their ...

Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...

Weird magnetic fields at the sun's south pole. The Sun's polar regions are pretty busy and chaotic places, it turns out. The ESA's press release about their findings goes so far as to call the Sun ...

On October 31, 1956, he became the first man to land a plane at the South Pole. A recent announcement reveals that he died on May 15 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the age of 102.

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 ...

Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and ...

At APL, a team is developing portable tech to detect ocean species using eDNA. Their goal: real-time, low-cost monitoring to ...