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In 2025, Solar Orbiter gave us a first-ever look at the Sun’s south pole.
Remarkably, it found both north and south magnetic fields tangled together.
This is a sign that the Sun is at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, when its magnetic poles are ready to flip...
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Remarkably, it found both north and south magnetic fields tangled together.
This is a sign that the Sun is at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, when its magnetic poles are ready to flip...
🔭 🧪
Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles
Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique vi...
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June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In 2025, Solar Orbiter gave us a first-ever look at the Sun’s south pole.
Remarkably, it found both north and south magnetic fields tangled together.
This is a sign that the Sun is at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, when its magnetic poles are ready to flip...
🔭 🧪
Remarkably, it found both north and south magnetic fields tangled together.
This is a sign that the Sun is at the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, when its magnetic poles are ready to flip...
🔭 🧪
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At the south pole, #SolarOrbiter discovered that the Sun’s magnetic field is currently a mess.
This image from the PHI instrument shows that there are currently different magnetic polarities (north and south) present at the south pole. This happens when the Sun’s magnetic field flips.
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This image from the PHI instrument shows that there are currently different magnetic polarities (north and south) present at the south pole. This happens when the Sun’s magnetic field flips.
🔭 🧪 ☄️ ☀️ 5/
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
At the south pole, #SolarOrbiter discovered that the Sun’s magnetic field is currently a mess.
This image from the PHI instrument shows that there are currently different magnetic polarities (north and south) present at the south pole. This happens when the Sun’s magnetic field flips.
🔭 🧪 ☄️ ☀️ 5/
This image from the PHI instrument shows that there are currently different magnetic polarities (north and south) present at the south pole. This happens when the Sun’s magnetic field flips.
🔭 🧪 ☄️ ☀️ 5/