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

The Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita," says Sami Solanki, director at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS ... from PHI show the magnetic field at the solar south pole in a ...

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft took the image near the Sun on March 23, 2025, and it was announced on June 11, 2025.

A heat dome will cause temperatures in New York City and the tri-state area to climb into the upper 90s, with high humidity ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

All about the science and celebration of the Summer Solstice, plus, for this year, a unique oddity for parts of Canada!

On the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans most directly toward the sun. That means more direct sunlight and the ...

When most of us think about theweather on other planets, we imagine extreme conditions—boiling acid rain, methane snow, or ...

What time does the solar eclipse start tomorrow ... according to the Royal Meteorological Society. At the North Pole, the sun does not set on the summer solstice, while at the South Pole, the ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun’s two poles as scientists seek a ...