Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

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

However, the Sun's south pole exhibits a "messy" magnetism, with both north and south polarity fields present. The ESA explained that messy magnetism can develop quickly during each solar cycle.

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.

PHI's maps of the solar magnetic field highlight an intriguing paradox: While most magnets have a distinct north and south pole, the sun's south pole is ... one type of magnetic polarity apiece as our ...

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

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 ...

Share or comment on this article: See our Sun like NEVER before: European Space Agency unveils the first ever photo of our home star's south pole - and says the best snaps are yet to come ...

During Solar Orbiter’s observations of the Sun, the polarity from the north and the south poles are both present in the south pole. This marks a crucial time in understanding the Sun’s activity.

One of the first scientific findings from Solar Orbiter’s polar observations is the discovery that at the south pole, the Sun’s magnetic field is currently a mess. While a normal magnet, or a planet ...

“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.

Thousands of years ago, Chinese astronomers studied the sky using an ancient record of constellations and their coordinates.