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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 ...
Sun's South Pole Photographed for the First Time
The Sun's polar regions are pretty busy and chaotic places, but our newfound views of its south pole will help predict future ...
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 ...
Scientific American3d
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 ...
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First-ever images of the Sun's south pole captured by ESA probe
ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. It's a world first that sheds a great deal of light on the mysteries of our parent star, ...
First-Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by European Mission
Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.
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 ...
Solar Orbiter Captures First Clear Views of Sun’s South Pole—and It’s a Hot Mess
A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.
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Sun's South Pole In Stunning High-Res Solar Orbiter
The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole", according to the European Space ...
European probe snaps first images of the sun's south pole
The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole reveal a messy jumble of magnetic activity in a never-before-seen region of our ...
First glimpse of Sun’s south pole captured: Why this is a big deal
On Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) released images captured by three instruments on board the Solar Orbiter. Taken ...
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Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)
"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...