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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 ...
The sun's poles have flipped. A spacecraft is watching what happens next.
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.
Space on MSN1d
Sun Blasts X1-Class Solar Flare! See Spacecraft Footage In 4K
Sunspot AR3186 erupted with an X1-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...
CNET on MSN2d
See the Sun in a Way You've Never Seen It Before, From Above and Below
The sun has been photographed and imaged many times, but never from the top or bottom.
Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and ...
Live Science on MSN8d
The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system
How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What ...