Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun’s secret south pole has stepped into the light. For the first time, humanity has captured striking views of the sun’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 3D rendering of Planet Earth's magnetic field. Earth is unique in the solar system for a number of reasons: It's the only planet ...

The magnetic south pole moves at a slower rate compared to the magnetic north pole. While the north pole has been moving rapidly towards Siberia, the south pole's movement has been more gradual, ...

This summer, the European Space Agency published data that suggested that the Earth's magnetic field could flip -- as in, the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole -- in "a few thousand ...

The Earth's liquid molten outer core, composed mostly of iron and nickel, exerts an electromagnetic field extending from the north and south pole that protects the planet from harmful solar particle ...

The sun’s secret south pole has stepped into the light. For the first time, humanity has captured striking views of the sun’s mysterious polar region, thanks to the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. In a ...