The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

Every magnet has two poles: A north pole and a south pole. Opposite poles attract (North-South). Like poles repel (North-North or South-South). But why do magnets attract and repel each other?

The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

Have you ever noticed that planes don’t fly over the South Pole? It’s not just because of the extreme cold—there are some seriously bizarre reasons behind it! From mysterious magnetic ...

A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar ...

Timelapse satellite imagery showed the aurora australis dancing over the Southern Ocean between Antarctica and Australia on March 24.The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) ...

Like bar magnets, Earth has a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole. The lines of Earth’s magnetic field point from one pole to the other. When the solar wind approaches Earth ...

For the company's second attempt, it sent the 15.6-foot tall hexagonal Athena lander to the vast Mons Mouton plateau closer to the lunar south pole than ... equipped with magnetic wheels to ...

Yet another reason is the strong magnetic field near the South Pole. The magnetic field in Antarctica interferes with aircraft's magnetic navigation systems and makes it more challenging for ...

The exact timing of the equinoxes changes from year to year, but in 2025, the northern hemisphere's Vernal (Spring) Equinox ...