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Magnetic mayhem at the sun’s poles: First images reveal a fiery mystery

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to the European Space Agency s Solar Orbiter and its tilted orbit, scientists ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Stunning Image Shows a Skydiver Falling Across the Face of the Sun. Here’s How the ...

The scene sounds like something straight out of an action thriller: a skydiver drops out of an aircraft, their dark silhouette plummeting across the surface of a giant, fiery star. The final product?
Futurism

Astronomers Just Took the First-Ever Picture of the Bottom of the Sun

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.
CNN

First image from the world’s largest solar telescope captures the sun in unheard-of detail

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A newly released ...
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NASA probe flies into the Sun and captures the origins of solar storms

In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that bring scientists closer to solving one of the Sun’s biggest mysteries: how ...