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 ...

Unveiled at the 2025 Paris Air Show in late June, the fully electric MONA LUNA rover represents a major leap for Europe's ...

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 ...

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

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

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 Agency's Solar ...

The instrument captured the first Doppler measurement of the Sun's south pole, allowing researchers to map the movement of solar material between layers of the star's atmosphere.

Solar Orbiter Captures First Clear Views of Sun’s South Pole—and It’s a Hot Mess A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...