First Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by ESA Solar Orbiter
Posted on: Jun 11, 2025 19:41 IST | Posted by: Nytimes
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Visuals from the European blank bureau’s Solar Orbiter reveal disorderly solar magnetic attraction in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.
Spacecraft and specialized telescopes have been studying the sun closely for decades, probing the secrets of its spots, flares and corona. But neither human nor robotic eyes had properly seen the north or south poles of the sun.
On Wednesday, the European Space Agency released the first clear images of the sun’s south pole, which were captured in late March by its Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
“It’s the first time ever that humanity has had an image of the poles of the sun,” said Carole Mundell, director of science for the European Space Agency. “It’s a wonderful achievement.”
Scientists have had vague glimpses of the sun’s poles before. However, those side-on views have been akin to “looking through grass,” said Mathew Owens, a space physicist at the University of Reading in England, who added that it has been difficult to work out what is happening at the poles and how they differ from other regions of the star.
By studying its polar extremes, scientists hope to gain new insights into the sun and how it behaves.
And the best is yet to come — later this year, humans will get our first images of the sun’s north pole from Solar Orbiter, before the spacecraft swoops ever higher and lower above the sun’s poles for even better views.
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