The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Solar Orbiter is out of alignment with the rest of the Solar System. And that’s a good thing. By orbiting the Sun outside of the Solar System’s orbital plane, the ...

Never before seen pictures of the Sun’s south pole The first ever video and images of the Sun's south pole have been sent back to Earth by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft ...

Scientists capture never-before-seen plasma streams and bizarre 'raindrops' in sharpest-ever view of sun's outer atmosphere (video) News. By Daisy Dobrijevic published 29 May 2025 ...

Sharpest-ever view of the Sun’s surface reveals ultra-fine magnetic “stripes,” known as striations. Credit: NSF/NSO/AURA Scientists used the world’s largest solar telescope to capture ...