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Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Obtains 1st Images of Sun's Poles

Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami Solanki, who leads the PHI instrument team from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), said in a statement.

Gizmodo · 16h

Solar Orbiter Captures First Clear Views of Sun’s South Pole—and It’s a Hot Mess

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

Reuters on MSN · 20h

Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtains first images of the sun's poles

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field, its 11-year cycle of activity and the solar wind.

Space.com2h

NASA's PUNCH delivers knockout views of colossal solar storms erupting from sun (video)

NASA's PUNCH mission has unveiled its first images of colossal solar eruptions known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — delivering an unprecedented, wide-field view of how these solar storms travel ...

Scientific American21h

Behold the First Images of the Sun’s South Pole

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 ...

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NASA's PUNCH Satellites Capture Their First Massive Solar Eruption

NASA's brand new PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission has captured its first eruption on the Sun. According to NASA, the observations by PUNCH feature the coronal mass ...

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