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The Sun's polar regions are pretty busy and chaotic places, but our newfound views of its south pole will help predict future ...
"Today we reveal humankind's first-ever views of the Sun's pole," said Carole Mundell, the ESA's director of science, in a statement. "These new unique views from our Solar Orbiter mission are the ...
The Solar Orbiter, a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, captured detailed images of the sun’s southern region in March, something no other probe has done at close range.
The Sun is the closest star to us and the most studied by humanity. There is a lot we still do not know about it. Among the unknowns, until today, were the Sun's polar regions. We simply had not seen ...
Learn how the European Space Agency's spacecraft captured a completely new view of the Sun, thanks to its novel tilted orbit.
For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal our star's magnetic field is a powder keg ready to blow.
A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.
The Solar Orbiter is the first spacecraft to study the Sun's poles - and finds the magnetic field in a state of flip ...
At the conference, Wu said the first phase of the ILRS construction project involves building a “basic station” by 2035 in the lunar south pole region to begin pilot experiments utilizing ...
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Arctic sea ice extent in May declined at a slightly faster pace compared to average. In Antarctica, the Bellingshausen Sea ...
The aurora is usually reserved for skies near the North and South Poles, but solar eruptions like this can energize more of Earth’s magnetic field. While experts say this display likely won’t match ...