New research utilizing data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as ...

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 count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...

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

The first ever video and images of the Sun's south pole have been sent back to Earth by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The new images will enable scientists to learn how the ...

According to the ESA, the Sun’s south pole was studied with three scientific instruments in March, including the Solar Orbiter’s PHI. This tool not only takes images of the visible solar surface; it ...

“When the sun is at its minimum, you have a north pole and a south pole, each with its own magnetic polarity,” said Anik De Groof, Solar Orbiter’s mission manager.

Watch an animation of a black hole shooting jets of particles through a "collapsing star at nearly the speed of light" and ...

Until now, all the views of the sun have come from the same vantage point – looking face-on toward its equator from the plane on which Earth and most of the solar system 's other planets orbit ...

Microsoft announced that the Windows screenshot and screencast Snipping Tool utility is getting support for exporting animated GIF recordings. This new capability is rolling out to Windows 11 ...

A giant hole has ripped open on the sun, blasting Earth with a high-speed stream of charged particles that could trigger power disruptions. Officials warned that the shockwave will smash into ...

World-first views of the Sun's poles released - but scientists say best is yet to come The Solar Orbiter spacecraft travelled 15 degrees below the sun's solar equator to take the images in mid ...