For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter ...

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.

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...

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 ...

The images come courtesy of a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter. Led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from ...

The magnetic field drives the formation of sunspots, cooler regions on the solar surface that appear as dark blotches. At the ...

For the first time, ESA’s Solar Orbiter has captured direct images of the Sun’s north and south poles, offering crucial ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft travelled 15 degrees below the sun's solar equator to take the images in mid-March - with the ...

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 ...

Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Craig DeForest discussed the latest accomplishments of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission during a media event at the 246th ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...

The first time NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has observed a big magnetic burst in the sun’s corona, this event could ...