Finally, the Earth moves a little bit beyond one complete revolution, so the stick again points towards the sun for a second local noon. The sidereal day is just a little bit shorter—approximately 23 ...

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, in collaboration with NASA, has captured unprecedented images of the Sun's south ...

What’s life like in the most northern town on Earth? We set out on a journey to the Arctic to explore a place where extreme ...

Lightning happens all the time, but certain parts of the world get far less of it than others, including near the North Pole. Lightning requires atmospheric instability, something that’s set up ...

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

Aayush Goyal from India selected for Rosatom's Arctic expedition, showcasing India's growing presence in international ...

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 ...

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

The craft helped solar boffins to discover that Sol’s north and south magnetic poles are both on the southern side of the ...