For the first time, Solar Orbiter has captured close-up images of the Sun’s mysterious poles, regions long hidden from view.
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 flip.
📹 European Space Agency (ESA)
📸 ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB)
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