🗞️ World-first views of the Sun's poles released - but scientists say best is yet to come

World-first views of the Sun's poles released - but scientists say best is yet to come

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft travelled 15 degrees below the sun's solar equator to take the images in mid-March - with the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA revealing them to the world on Wednesday.

The sun's south pole has been seen for the first time from outside the ecliptic plane in unprecedented images sent back to Earth by a solar orbiter. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft travelled 15 degrees below the sun's solar equator to take the images in... [2510 chars]

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