ESA has just released the first-ever images taken of the Sun's south pole, as seen this year by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

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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 ...

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.

Three Wide Field Imagers, which observe the faint, outermost portion of the Sun’s atmosphere and solar wind (the continual ...

The European Space Agency-led spacecraft Solar Orbiter, which carries instruments designed and built at UCL, has captured the ...

“The June full moon always rides low, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. That’s because a full moon stays more or less ...

The Solar Orbiter is the first spacecraft to study the Sun's poles - and finds the magnetic field in a state of flip ...

From two planets forming a 'smiley face', to a 'blood worm moon', there's always something to look out for up there in space.

You may realize that sometimes it is important just to follow the rules, instead of always trying to break them.💗 Madison ...

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter ...