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 ...

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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.

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

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has imaged the sun's south pole for the first time, the first of what's expected to ...