The Sun's magnetic north and south poles switch places every 11 years, and it's a somewhat sloppy process.

An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the ...

Measurements from PHI showed that both north and south polarity magnetic fields are present at the south pole. Normally, planetary poles will feature one of the two polarities, not both.

Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether ...

The Solar Orbiter space mission, a joint initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, has for the first time ...

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ends of the magnetosphere, which surrounds the Earth like a giant, invisible ...

Spacecraft and specialized telescopes have been studying the sun closely for decades, probing the secrets of its spots, ...

North Charleston Academic Magnet High School students win first at international NASA contest aimed to research growing crops ...

The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, ...

Galileo started this quest over 400 years ago, and scientists finally were able to peek at one of the biggest mysteries of the big star in our solar system.

Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in ...