New photos of Mercury's mysterious north pole reveal a glimpse of the permanently dark, frigid craters that may hold ice dozens of feet thick, even though Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

A spacecraft has sent back some of the most detailed and breathtaking images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new light on the mysterious, shadowy regions of the small planet closest to the Sun.

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

Craters at Mercury's north pole are visible just left of the "terminator ... almost perpendicular to its plane of orbit around the sun—the rims of all four of these polar craters cast permanent ...

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baltimore Police Department detectives are investigating a triple shooting on the 5400 block of York Road, which killed a woman and injured two others Wednesday evening.

Two different mountain climbers, two different approaches to the tallest mountain in Alaska. People present as a ...

The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...

You can literally blame or thank the North Pole for a Florida winter storm for the ages As I ... There is nothing new under ...