New images are key to understanding solar magnetic storms and other space weather that can disrupt systems on Earth.

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 spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted ...

Solar Orbiter, a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, is revealing the first-ever views of the sun’s ...

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 ...

Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better ...

A space probe has delivered world-first images of the Sun's south pole—and this is only the start towards deeper solar ...

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

The ESA has finally captured photos of the Sun's south pole, unlocking the door to how our Sun's magnetic field works.

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

The real achievement, pilot Conrad Shinn said later, was not landing at the South Pole but successfully taking off again.

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