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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.

USA TODAY on MSN · 3d

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 released this week.

BBC · 2d

First pictures of the Sun's south pole taken

A special space robot called the Solar Orbiter has taken the first ever photos and videos of the Sun's south pole. It's hoped the new information will make it easier for scientists to predict solar storms.

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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 ...

Space.com1d

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 ...

IFLScience4d

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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The Sun’s secret role in shaping comet paths and meteor showers

The way comets behave in space may seem random, but new research suggests there’s more order behind the chaos than once ...

Scientific American9d

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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