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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.
Smithsonian Magazine3d
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 ...
Solar Orbiter captures 1st images of sun's south pole 5 years after Florida launch
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, which launched in 2020 from Cape Canaveral, captured the first-ever images of the ...
Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtains first images of the sun's poles
The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...
Space on MSN5d
Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)
The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and ...
Astronomy on MSN3d
ESA’s Solar Orbiter reveals the Sun’s poles for the first time
ESA has just released the first-ever images taken of the Sun's south pole, as seen this year by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
Space on MSN19h
Watch A 'Solar Snake' Slither Across The Sun In Orbiter View
ESA's Solar Orbiter captured a "tube of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun’s magnetic field," according ...
Earth.com15h
Solar Orbiter mission captures images of the Sun's south pole for the first time ever
Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and ...
Solar Orbiter Captures Jaw-Dropping First Images Of Sun's South Pole
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft has delivered the first-ever close-up images of the Sun's ...
How two satellites are mimicking total solar eclipses in space
A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying ...
Solar Orbiter offers first glimpse of the Sun’s poles in breakthrough mission
The magnetic field drives the formation of sunspots, cooler regions on the solar surface that appear as dark blotches. At the ...
Space on MSN2d
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 ...