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

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.

Scientists believe that many more such objects regularly pass by the Earth, with a number of them flying relatively near to ...

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

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, its ...

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 ...

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 dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

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

Launched into polar orbit on March 11, 2025, PUNCH’s primary objective is to make global, continuous, three-dimensional observations of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and the inner solar system ...

Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images Scientists may have discovered a dwarf ... The dwarf planet's existence also opens the likelihood of many more like it in our solar system waiting ...