"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

Proba-3 took an image of the Sun's inner corona every five minutes during an active period in September last year.

ESA’s Proba-3 mission enables long-duration artificial solar eclipses in space, allowing continuous observation of the Sun’s ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

ESA’s Solar Orbiter discovered cascading magnetic avalanches on the Sun, triggering powerful solar flares and particle storms ...

Using artificial solar eclipses, the ESA probes Proba-3 are researching the corona of our home star. Now there is an ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A newly released video shows a giant gust of spiralling solar wind shooting out of the sun in ...

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission recently stunned the world with the first-ever full images of our Sun’s South pole, proving that this was going to be a mission like no other. Using ...