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

So, on Earth, the North Star is our pole star and it has been extremely useful for people living here for millennia. This ...

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

One member of this stellar quartet — Sigma — provides the Southern Hemisphere’s best Pole Star. The actual pole resides a bit more than 1° from Sigma, so when using such a finder you need ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...

Visualizing this pole, it quickly becomes obvious that as the Northern pole is angled away from our star, the Southern pole must be angled towards it. That means winter solstice accounts for half ...

The imaginary line that divides the northern and southern halves of the sky is called the celestial ... Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Cepheus and Drago. They circle around Polaris, the pole star, all night.

Southern Taurid meteor shower hits peak activity this week: When and where to watch While the Southern Taurids are active between Sept. 23 and Dec. 8, the celestial light show will be most visible ...

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 ...

Delta Draconis was found to be Ceres’ Pole Star, by the Dawn mission, but it’s not easy to distinguish in the sky. Mercury’s southern hemisphere does better.

Well, the pole's magnetic field, simply put, is a mess at the moment. See, the sun's magnetic field flips roughly every 11 years, and it's about to flip this year if it hasn't yet.

The European Space Agency has achieved yet another “first” for humankind by capturing the first photos of the Sun’s south pole. These images were captured by the agency’s Solar Orbiter ...