As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

Craters at Mercury's north ... sun—the rims of all four of these polar craters cast permanent shadows within their depths. Those eternally dark areas are some of the coldest places in the solar ...

The Sun is a giant ball made of hydrogen and helium gases. Deep in the center of the Sun, hydrogen atoms are pressed together ...

As the solar system ... Earth’s magnetic North Pole is shifting due to disturbances in the geomagnetic field caused by charged particles from the sun. The shift impacts navigation and needs ...

The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system.

Yes, but there's a catch. "This makes these unlit craters some of the coldest places in the Solar System, despite Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun!" the ESA marveled. What's more ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

A spacecraft has sent back some of the most detailed and breathtaking images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new ... one of the most enigmatic in our solar system. The spacecraft is on track ...

The photos were released by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of BepiColombo, a mission in partnership with Japan to send a spacecraft to Mercury. This latest round of photos comes via the ...

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and ... craters at the top of of our solar system's smallest, innermost planet.

Scientists in Britain have been keeping an eye on where the Earth's magnetic north pole is. It's not fixed like the geographical North Pole; instead, it's like a wandering star. Recently, they found ...