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Solar Orbiter offers first glimpse of sun’s poles in breakthrough mission

The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole have been captured by the robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The European Space Agency (ESA) released images on Wednesday using three of Solar Orbiter's ...
Yahoo

Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'

Plenty of spacecraft and telescopes have throughout the years been able to observe the sun up close – with plenty more missions on the way. In late-December 2024, NASA's Parker Solar Probe got closer ...
Science Daily

The Sun’s hidden poles could finally reveal its greatest secrets

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its ...
Yahoo

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

(Reuters) -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 ...
New Atlas

First-ever images of the Sun's south pole captured by ESA probe

ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. It's a world first that sheds a great deal of light on the mysteries of our parent star, ...
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Spacecraft Takes First-Ever Images of the Sun's South Pole from Outside the Ecliptic Plane

A large number of spacecraft have been sent to space over the years to study the star in our solar system, but they all tended to follow the same recipe: they lined up in orbit around the Sun within a ...
Forbes

ESA’s Solar Orbiter Should Finally Solve Mystery Of Sun’s Blistering Outermost Atmosphere

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission recently stunned the world with the first-ever full images of our Sun’s South pole, proving that this was going to be a mission like no other. Using ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Solar Orbiter makes its first close pass of the sun

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter made its first close pass of the sun on Monday, getting as close as 48 million miles from the sun's surface. The spacecraft's first perihelion, the point in ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Solar Orbiter mission has launched. It will give an unprecedented look at our sun

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Solar Orbiter launched from Cape Canaveral and began its journey to get a close, unprecedented look at our star. The mission, ...
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Solar Orbiter offers first glimpse of the Sun’s poles in breakthrough mission

The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole have been captured by the robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The European Space Agency (ESA) released images on Wednesday using three of Solar Orbiter's ...