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Seeing the Sun's South Pole For the First Time

Summary by FYFD
The ESA-led Solar Orbiter recently used a Venus flyby to lift itself out of the ecliptic — the equatorial plane of the Sun where Earth sits. This maneuver offers us the first-ever glimpse of the Sun’s south pole, a region that’s not visible from the ecliptic plane. A close-up view of plasma rising off the pole is shown above, and the video below has even more. Solar Orbiter will get even better views of the Sun’s poles in the coming months, perf…
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FYFD broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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