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ESA’s Solar Orbiter Should Finally Solve Mystery Of Sun’s Blistering Outermost Atmosphere
ESA’s Solar Orbiter should solve the longstanding puzzle about why the Sun’s outer corona is so much hotter than its surface.
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.
Sun's South Pole In Stunning High-Res Solar Orbiter
The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole" according to the European Space ...
Smithsonian Magazine10d
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 ...
Space.com on MSN11d
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 ...
Astronomy on MSN10d
ESA’s Solar Orbiter reveals the Sun’s poles for the first time
ESA has just released the first-ever images taken of the Sun's south pole, as seen this year by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
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ESA Unveils First Image Ever Captured of the Sun's South Pole
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft took the image near the Sun on March 23, 2025, and it was announced on June 11, 2025.
Discover Magazine on MSN10d
Here Are the First Images of the Sun’s South Pole, a Completely New View in Our Solar System
Learn how the European Space Agency’s spacecraft captured a completely new view of the Sun, thanks to its novel tilted orbit.
USA Today11d
Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'
Prior to the ESA releasing the photos, any image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around its equator. The Solar Orbiter launched February 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...
First-Ever Images of Sun's South Pole Captured by Solar Orbiter: Check Significance and Mission Details
Discover how the ESA's Solar Orbiter captured the first direct images of the Sun's south pole, revealing new insights into ...
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe photographs solar South Pole for the first time
As ESA inclined the orbit of the Solar Orbiter relative to the orbital plane, the probe could observe the south pole of the ...