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

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

The Sun's polar regions are pretty busy and chaotic places, but our newfound views of its south pole will help predict future ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

The Solar Orbiter has delivered the "highest resolution image ever of the Sun’s south pole", according to the European Space ...

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.

The sun’s secret south pole has stepped into the light. For the first time, humanity has captured striking views of the sun’s ...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter probe captured the first clear images of the Sun's south pole, revealing new details about solar activity ...