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See 1st-Ever Images of Sun's South Pole

Smithsonian Magazine · 1d

See the First-Ever Direct Images of the Sun’s South Pole, Captured by the Solar Orbiter Spacecraft

The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial human activity on Earth

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.

Scientific American · 2d

Behold the First Images of the Sun’s South Pole

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 count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have photographed one of the sun’s elusive poles.

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Solar Orbiter Captures the First-Ever Images of the Sun’s South Pole

The images come courtesy of a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter. Led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from ...

Bright Side on MSN25m

What’s Hiding at the South Pole That Keeps Planes Away?

Ever wondered why planes often fly over the North Pole but almost never cross the South Pole? It all comes down to logistics, ...

3don MSN

Conrad ‘Gus’ Shinn, first pilot to land at the South Pole, dies at 102

On a brutally cold Halloween evening in 1956, a plane landed at the ice-covered bottom of the Earth, touching down at the ...

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