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.

The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...

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 didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole reveal a messy jumble of magnetic activity in a never-before-seen region of our ...

For the first time in history, scientists have captured direct images of the Sun's north and south poles, thanks to the ...

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ESA reveals first-ever view of the Sun’s south pole, unlocking secrets of magnetic flips and violent solar winds.

ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. It's a world first that sheds a great deal of light on the mysteries of our parent star, ...

THE institution of a station for scientific A research within a few miles of the North Pole marks a new phase in polar exploration, and is a development of the intensive exploration which the ...