These images were snapped on March 22, 2023, when the Solar Orbiter was some 45 million miles from our star. "The sun's magnetic field is key to understanding the dynamic nature of our home star ...

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 ...

Once a realm of imagination and stargazing, the Solar System has now been revealed in stunning clarity through decades of space exploration. This video takes you on a breathtaking journey, showing ...

On March 9, 2025, while nearly 48 million miles from the sun, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft was oriented to capture a sweeping view of the solar surface, the European Space Agency noted.

Until now. In March, a spacecraft captured the first-ever clear images of the sun's south pole, which the European Space Agency released Wednesday, June 11. “We reveal humankind’s first-ever ...

The Parker Solar Probe discovered that while the solar wind is a steady breeze near Earth, it is anything but at the sun. The spacecraft experienced switchbacks, or zigzag magnetic fields, when it ...

(Image credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team) The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution images of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of our well-studied star.

New images from the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii show the comet's compact coma, a cloud of ice and dust, as it continues zooming about 290 million miles from Earth. Astronomers said, at its ...

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 magnetic field ...

The Solar Orbiter has been observing the sun since 2021, but it recently went on a side trip to Venus which significantly tilted its orbit and gave it a good view of the sun's polar region.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, which launched in 2020 from Cape Canaveral, captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole.

The solar-powered Proba-3 satellites have an elliptical orbit with a perigee (closest point) of 373 miles (600 kilometers) and an apogee of 37,000 miles (60,000 kilometers).