The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted ...

Astronomers have gotten an unprecedented view of the bottom of the Sun. On Wednesday, the European Space Agency shared images that show, in all its tumultuous glory, our star's secretive south pole.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

People are marking the start of the winter and summer solstices across the globe. North of the equator, celebrations welcome ...

The newly released images were taken in late March, when Solar Orbiter was 15 degrees below the sun’s equator, and then a few days later when it was 17 degrees below the equator — a high ...