The Proba-3 mission, consisting of two spacecraft that fly in close formation to study the sun, has returned images of the ...

We didn’t know what exactly to expect from these first observations — the Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita,” said ...

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...

The Solar Orbiter, a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, captured detailed images of the sun’s southern region in March, something no other probe has done at close range.

The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...

June 3, 2025 — Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this ...

As ESA inclined the orbit of the Solar Orbiter relative to the orbital plane, the probe could observe the south pole of the ...

Discover how the ESA's Solar Orbiter captured the first direct images of the Sun's south pole, revealing new insights into ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, ...

One of them is the Friend Solar System — a feature that shows a planetary representation of your closest friends. Although you can access Snapchat on your desktop PC, the Solar System feature is ...

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