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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A newly released video shows a giant gust of spiralling solar wind shooting out of the sun in ...

Scientists are still unraveling the mysteries behind our torrid star. "Watch particles whirl out from the Sun in giant, million-km twisters," ESA posted online. SEE ALSO: NASA dropped a new report. It ...

The outer atmosphere of the sun, known as the corona, can be seen stretching off into space in this image from Solar Orbiter's Metis instrument. Metis is a multi-wavelength device, working at visible ...

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Prior to the ESA releasing the photos, any image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around its equator. The Solar Orbiter launched February 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...

Launched in February 2020 to take the first-ever close-up images of the sun, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent back humanity’s first clear images of the sun’s south pole.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first-ever images of the sun's ...

Solar Orbiter observed more than 300 bursts of ‘Solar Energetic Electrons’ between November 2020 and December 2022. For the first time, we clearly see the connection between the energetic electrons in ...