SOLAR ORBITER GETS WORLD-FIRST VIEWS OF THE SUN'S POLES

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The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has imaged the Sun's poles from outside the ecliptic plane. The spacecraft's unique viewing angle will help scientists better understand the Sun's magnetic field, the solar cycle, and the workings of space weather. The complete dataset from Solar Orbiter's first full pole-to-pole flight past the Sun is expected to arrive on Earth by October 2025. A video of the Sun from an angle of 17 degrees below the solar equator - enough to deficiently see the Sun's south pole - is available in the article.