Seeing a total solar eclipse along its path of totality is a rare, often once-in-a-lifetime event. It only lasts a few minutes, which is enough time to wow and awe observers but not nearly enough time ...

Every image you've ever seen of the sun is looking at its equator, because Earth's orbit sits there with a 7.25-degree tilt. That means humans have never had a good angle to view the sun's north and ...

Jack Harvey has spent his life figuring out how the sun works, and he's got as good a handle as anyone on what is happening 93 million miles away on our nearest star. This past week, Harvey was ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Damien Galano, project manager for European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission, about a new plan to study solar eclipses. Seeing a total solar eclipse along its path of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of the sun's south pole. Every image you've ever seen of the sun is looking at its equator, because Earth's orbit sits ...