Scientists at the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich have shown that the protective magnetic field already existed more than a billion years ago.

Mercury begins to emerge from the dawn glow after Aug. 12. On Aug. 19, Mercury reaches its greatest elongation west of the ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

The moon is new on August 23. Back in the evening sky, the thin crescent moon will pass three degrees south of Mars in the ...

NASA's Juno probe's been studying Jupiter for nine years. Conditions are super harsh, and the camera's been taking a beating.

Planetary scientists using NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Jupiter, have reported the discovery of a new type of plasma phenomenon. It appears that around the north pole of ...

Use our interactive globe to see if you’re in the ‘zone of disappointment’ for the Perseids – then save these dates for ...

This magnetic reversal of the North and South Pole has happened 171 times in the past 71 million years. We're overdue a flip. It could come soon, as the North Pole is moving at around 55 kilometres ...

Those two examples—my dad's demand that we not feel sorry for ourselves and my mom's incredible empathy—are like the north and south pole of my ethics and morality.

While the South Pole sits at the bottom of the Earth on a solid continent (Antarctica), the North Pole is situated over the shifting Arctic Ocean, making it a dynamic and changing region.The North ...