Spring - brought on by the March equinox - is only a few weeks away. You can also count down the days to spring in real time.

The above 40-second video is sped-up footage of the new-found jets flashing briefly near the Sun’s south pole. In reality, ...

As September turns summer into fall, our old friend Saturn sinks into the sun’s afterglow. Left behind – for now – in the evening sky, Mars manages to avoid the same fate. But ...

In 2023, the European Space Agency reported on Solar Orbiter's discovery of tiny jets near the sun's south pole that could be powering the solar wind. The team behind this research has now used even ...

Around the time of the September equinox, the days shorten at their fastest clip and the night reasserts its dominance of the northern sky. This year the equinox arrives at 2:50 a.m. on the 23rd.

An equinox happens between the summer and winter solstices, marking the point when the sun positions itself exactly above the equator before crossing it. According to the Met Office, the spring ...

NEW DELHI--India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday ... country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Aug. 23 — a historic voyage to uncharted territory ...

"During the March equinox, the Earth is perpendicular to the sun, with the sun shining in a straight line toward the equator. This means that the north pole and the south pole are at equal ...