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Scientific American10d
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
See the First-Ever Direct Images of the Sun’s South Pole, Captured by the Solar Orbiter Spacecraft
The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...
autoevolution22h
Spacecraft Takes First-Ever Images of the Sun's South Pole from Outside the Ecliptic Plane
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted ...
Science Daily5d
Magnetic mayhem at the sun’s poles: First images reveal a fiery mystery
For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to ...
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.
Scientists snap photos of the Sun’s south pole for the first time ever
A space probe has delivered world-first images of the Sun's south pole—and this is only the start towards deeper solar ...
Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole
The craft helped solar boffins to discover that Sol’s north and south magnetic poles are both on the southern side of the ...
Space.com on MSN10d
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 ...
The ESA just snapped the first photos of the Sun’s south pole
The ESA has finally captured photos of the Sun's south pole, unlocking the door to how our Sun's magnetic field works.
NASASpaceFlight.com5d
Solar Orbiter makes first ever observations of Sun’s...
One such discovery made regarding the Sun’s magnetic field is that, at the solar south pole, the Sun’s magnetic field is ...
New Scientist10d
These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...
First glimpse of Sun’s south pole captured: Why this is a big deal
On Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) released images captured by three instruments on board the Solar Orbiter. Taken ...