For the first time, ESA’s Solar Orbiter has captured direct images of the Sun’s north and south poles, offering crucial ...

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

The craft helped solar boffins to discover that Sol’s north and south magnetic poles are both on the southern side of the ...

A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.

The images come courtesy of a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter. Led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from ...

It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At ...

In a daring maneuver, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA mission swooped below the solar system’s planetary plane to capture the sun’s elusive south pole. The spacecraft dipped 15 degrees ...

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 ...

The ESA has finally captured photos of the Sun's south pole, unlocking the door to how our Sun's magnetic field works.

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

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

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.