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New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas ...
ESA’s Solar Orbiter, a collaboration with NASA, has delivered its most detailed images yet of the Sun’s surface, offering a mesmerizing view of the star’s dynamic and turbulent nature. These ...
Launched in February 2020, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter probe has been looping around the Sun with a special purpose in mind: Studying the poles of our star. The planets orbit ...
Solar Orbiter isn’t the first spacecraft to study the sun’s poles—but it’s the first to send back photographs Meghan Bartels Wed, June 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM UTC ...
Solar Orbiter will continue to orbit around the Sun at this tilt angle until 24 December 2026, when its next flight past Venus will tilt its orbit to 24°. From 10 June 2029, the spacecraft will ...
The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole have been captured by the robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The European Space Agency (ESA) released images on Wednesday using three of Solar ...
(Reuters) -The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its ...
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Solar Orbiter’s latest data reveals the Sun’s magnetic south pole in a state of chaos, with a mix of north and south magnetic fields rather than a single dominant one, like on Earth.
But in February, Solar Orbiter used a gravity-assist flyby around Venus to tilt its trajectory, enabling a view of the sun from about 17 degrees below the equator.