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

Until now. In March, a spacecraft captured the first-ever clear images of the sun's south pole, which the European Space Agency released Wednesday, June 11.

Solar Orbiter used a slingshot flyby around Venus in February to get out of this plane to view the sun from up to 17 degrees below the solar equator. Future slingshot flybys will provide an even ...

In an unprecedented achievement, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has reached a historic milestone: the spacecraft has successfully completed its third and final approach to within just 3.86 million miles (6 ...

UPDATE 2: The Parker Solar Probe launched as planned at 3:31 a.m. ET on Sunday morning, and NASA celebrated the start of the probe's voyage with video and photos of the successful launch.

The Soviet Union’s pioneering space missions were among the first to penetrate the thick, toxic clouds of Venus and reveal its mysterious surface to the world. This video takes you back to the ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of Venus. A family of asteroids share the planet's orbit, and two new studies suggest that one day the space rocks could ...

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 ...

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 ...

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