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 ...

The star Polaris marks the North Celestial Pole in our sky, around which all other objects in the heavens appear to rotate.

For those north of the equator, the solstice marks the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The Earth spins on a ...

At APL, a team is developing portable tech to detect ocean species using eDNA. Their goal: real-time, low-cost monitoring to ...

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 craft helped solar boffins to discover that Sol’s north and south magnetic poles are both on the southern side of the star, as seen from Earth. Scientists don’t know why and ESA rates the current ...

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

The finals of the Icebreaker of Knowledge international scientific and educational initiative took place at the ATOM Museum in VDNKh ...