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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.

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The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.

Watch the sun erupt with an X2.7-class flare on May 14, causing radio blackouts across Europe and Asia. More solar activity could be on the way.

Solar scientists have unveiled spectacular new images of plasma "rain" in the sun's corona using adaptive optics.