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First ever look at the Sun’s south pole
The European Space Agency-led spacecraft Solar Orbiter, which carries instruments designed and built at UCL, has captured the ...
Smithsonian Magazine5d
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 ...
First-Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by European Mission
Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better ...
Never-before-seen footage shows sun’s south pole
Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, is revealing the first-ever views of the sun’s ...
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.
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Solar Orbiter’s Daring Orbit Reveals Sun’s South Pole and Unravels Mysteries of Solar Magnetism
We didn’t know what exactly to expect from these first observations — the Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita,” said ...
Earth.com2d
Solar Orbiter mission captures images of the Sun's south pole for the first time ever
Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and ...
Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...
World-first views of the Sun's poles released - but scientists say best is yet to come
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft travelled 15 degrees below the sun's solar equator to take the images in mid-March - with the ...
Space.com on MSN7d
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 ...
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 ...
Newstalk2d
First images taken of the Sun’s south pole
A probe developed by the European Space Agency has taken the first images of the Sun’s south pole. How big of an achievement is this, and what can we learn from it? Joining Seán to discuss this ...