Perihelion is the point at which an orbiting body is closest to the sun. The word comes from Greek and literally means around ...

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop ...

Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. ESA’s Solar Orbiter has imaged the sun’s south pole for the first time in history. | Credit: ESA ...

An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...

Prior to the ESA releasing the photos, any image you have ever seen of the sun was taken from around its equator. The Solar Orbiter launched February 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...

From Earth, we always look towards the Sun's equator. This year, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission broke free of this ‘standard’ viewpoint by tilting its orbit to 17° – out of the ecliptic plane where ...

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to the European Space Agency s Solar Orbiter and its tilted orbit, scientists ...

Sedna is drifting into a part of its path where human technology can finally contemplate catching up, and that window will not reopen for roughly the span of recorded civilization. Its 11,400 year ...