The Solar Orbiter probe, launched into space in 2020, captured in February 2023 the highest resolution images of the photosphere (or visible surface of the Sun) when it was 74 million kilometers away.

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) —The star of the show (so to speak) during the total solar eclipse is clearing the corona of the sun, visible only because the moon has moved in between us and 100% of the sun’s ...

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal our star's magnetic field is a powder keg ready to blow. When ...