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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 Solanki, who leads the PHI instrument team from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), said in a statement.

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Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'

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First pictures of the Sun's south pole taken

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Why Do Planets Follow the Same Orbital Plane Around the Sun?

Have you ever wondered why all the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in roughly the same flat plane? This fascinating ...

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The sun: Facts about the bright star at the center of the solar system

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

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JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'

The exoplanet — named 14 Herculis c, or 14 Her c for short — orbits a sunlike star about 60 light-years from Earth in the ...

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Why Earth’s Orbit Around The Sun Isn’t What You Think

As a result, the Earth is not currently orbiting a point inside the Sun, as the barycenter is outside of it. We are orbiting that point in space, rather than the Sun. Though the planets are generally ...

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This Is Why the Sun Makes a Figure Eight in the Sky

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, ...

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Rogue Planets: The Coldest, Loneliest Worlds in the Galaxy

Not all planets are lucky enough to orbit a star. Some are cast adrift into the cold, dark depths of space completely alone. These mysterious objects are known as rogue planets, and they challenge ...

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A possible new dwarf planet skirts the solar system’s edge

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

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