Scientists ‘hack’ Solar Orbiter’s camera to get a better look at the sun
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft is performing a long series of flybys of various planets to bring it closer and closer to the sun on each pass.…
Clever Camera Trick Unlocks Hidden Secrets of Sun’s Atmosphere
Scientists behind a Sun-observing probe applied a simple hack to one of its cameras, allowing them to peer into rarely seen regions of the Sun’s atmosphere. The GoPro Hero 12…
Back-to-Back Solar Flares Knock Out Radio Signals Across the US
The first of the two flares, which was emitted on Saturday, can be seen on the right side of this image.Image: NASA/SDO That massive ball of hot gas at the…
Mercury sighting offers boost for Solar Orbiter mission
Operated by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the Solar Orbiter mission launched in February 2020. The goal of the mission is to capture the closest images of the…
Two spacecraft worked together to learn about Venus’ magnetic field
When spacecraft launch to visit distant planets in the solar system, they rarely travel directly from Earth to their target. Because of the orbits of the planets and limitations on…
See the ‘quiet’ of the sun’s corona in Solar Orbiter footage
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has made a second close approach to the sun and has captured stunning footage of its corona.
Observing wild activity on the sun could help predict space weather
See the incredible data captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft on its recent close pass of the sun.
Solar Orbiter image shows the boiling, roiling face of the sun
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has taken an incredible high-resolution image of the sun, showing its full face and its outer atmosphere or corona.
Solar Orbiter captures a dramatic solar prominence
Solar Orbiter, a mission to study the sun from NASA and ESA, recently took an image of the sun showing a dramatic solar prominence as it happened.
Solar Orbiter to perform its riskiest flyby before heading to the sun
This week, the Solar Orbiter will perform its riskiest flyby, dipping through the ring of space debris that surrounds Earth before whipping away toward the sun.