On March 23, it took images at a steeper 17-degree angle. That allowed the spacecraft to clearly catch the Sun's south pole for the very first time.

Weird magnetic fields at the sun's south pole The Sun's polar regions are pretty busy and chaotic places, it turns out. The ESA's press release about their findings goes so far as to call the Sun ...

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.

ESA has now released the first pictures of the sun’s south pole, taken between March, when the spacecraft was orbiting at an angle 15 degrees below the ecliptic plane, and today, when it reached ...

All eyes on the Sun's south pole A collage shows the Sun's south pole as recorded on March 16-17, 2025, when Solar Orbiter was viewing the Sun from an angle of 15° below the solar equator.

We now know, for instance, that Sun's magnetic field at the South Pole "is currently a mess." In a nutshell, the place shows both north and south polarity magnetic fields, with no clear ...

The video titled 'EUI video SolarOrbiter Sun south pole' compares Solar Orbiter’s view (in yellow) with the one from Earth (grey), on 23 March 2025. At the time, Solar Orbiter was viewing the ...

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 ...

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.