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

The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

A recent Venus flyby pushed the spacecraft out of Earth's orbital plane, allowing it to gaze at the solar poles.

One such discovery made regarding the Sun’s magnetic field is that, at the solar south pole, the Sun’s magnetic field is ...

Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and ...

The Solar Orbiter, a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, captured detailed images of the sun’s southern region in March, something no other probe has done at close range.

ESA has just released the first-ever images taken of the Sun's south pole, as seen this year by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

Incredible images show the first artificial solar eclipse in orbit. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission ...

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, ...

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