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Observations from the spacecraft have revealed the presence of both Arctic and Antarctic magnetic fields in the Sun’s southern hemisphere. This complex magnetic configuration is predicted…
The Antarctic region of the Sun never seen before ESA & NASA/SOLAR ORBITER/PHI Team, J. Hirzberger (MPS) Thanks to the groundbreaking Solar Orbiter spacecraft, I had…
Use data collected by China’s Zhurong Roverplanetary researchers have identified hidden layers of rocks beneath the Martian surface, which strongly suggests the existence of the ancient…
A stone tablet with a sun motif discovered on the Danish island of BornholmAntiquity Publications/John Lee, National Museum of Denmark Hundreds of mysterious carved “sun stones”…
On December 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will soar just 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) above the surface of our home planet and hurtle…
overviewNASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to dive extremely close to the sun’s surface on December 24th.The spacecraft will have to fly closer to the Sun…
In 2003, Hubble provided evidence of giant exoplanets around very old stars. Such stars have only small amounts of the heavy elements that make up planets.…
This relatively small solar flare that occurred in October (a bright flash at the center discovered by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory) would be dwarfed by a…
The sun’s upper atmosphere, or corona, seen in ultraviolet light ESA & NASA/Solar Probe/EUI Team These fiery images are the clearest views of the Sun ever…
Polar vortices exist in the atmospheres of planets ranging from rocky Earth-like planets to gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. However, currently not much is known…
NASA’s Perseverance rover will pass in front of the sun on September 30, 2024, the 1,285th Martian day (Sol) since the start of its mission. I…
The movement of bubbling gas on the surface of R DoradusALMA (ESO/National Astronomical Observatory of Japan/NRAO)/W. Breming A giant bubble of hot gas more than 75…
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that explores wild ideas about manipulating the universe and tests them against the laws of physics, from splitting the moon…
NASA’s WB-57 research jet will be used to study solar eclipses Amir Caspi Solar scientists across North America will study April’s total solar eclipse to observe…
The Devil’s Comet, known for its occasional explosions, is currently visible in the night sky, and fortunate observers may catch a glimpse of it during the…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of a solar flare on December 14 (as seen by the bright flash in…