Until now. In March, a spacecraft captured the first-ever clear images of the sun's south pole, which the European Space Agency released Wednesday, June 11.

For the first time, images of the Sun's south pole have been captured by a space probe. This unique perspective provides scientists with valuable data about our star. The European Space Agency's ...

The North and South Poles are at opposite ends of the Earth. The South Pole is colder than the North Pole. The North Pole's ...

The images come courtesy of a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter. Led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, Solar Orbiter launched in February 2020 and has been monitoring ...

A solar mission shared between the European Space Agency and NASA has captured the first-ever images of the Sun 's south pole. Under the ESA's guidance, Solar Orbiter—which launched in February ...

For the first time ever, clear images of the sun's south pole have been captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. They offer fresh insights into the sun's behavior, its magnetic field and how it ...

The image above, captured with the latter type of illumination, shows the rim of Marvin crater, about 16 miles (26 kilometers) from the South Pole.

Deep tech Clearest views yet of Sun’s south pole may unlock its mysteries The images offer scientists unprecedented views of our nearest star June 11, 2025 - 2:00 pm ...

Plasma waves are a critical element to understanding the many mysteries of the gas giant’s turbulent, magnetically powerful atmosphere, the researchers say.