Scientists believe the Sun’s magnetic field could reverse within our lifetime, a natural cycle that occurs roughly every 11 ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field, its ...

For the first time, ESA’s Solar Orbiter has captured direct images of the Sun’s north and south poles, offering crucial insight into the chaotic magnetic fields during peak solar activity.

On June 11, the European Space Agency (ESA) published the first-ever images of the South Pole of the Sun taken by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

"These findings indicate that magnetic reconnection in the HCS is an important source of energetic particles in the near-sun solar wind," Desai said. "Everywhere there are magnetic fields there ...

"These findings indicate that magnetic reconnection in the HCS is an important source of energetic particles in the near-Sun solar wind," Desai said. "Everywhere there are magnetic fields there ...

An SwRI-led study identified particles accelerated to extremely high energies by magnetic reconnection near the Sun. As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (trajectory shown in green) crossed the ...

The stripes, called striations, ripple across the walls of solar granules—convection cells in the Sun’s photosphere where hot ...

All the latest science news on solar magnetic fields from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, and breakthroughs ... Solar Orbiter captures unprecedented views of sun's turbulent south pole.

Eight views of the sun's south pole obtained on March 16–17, 2025, by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft’s the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI), the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) and ...

Dig deeper: A solar cycle is a sequence the sun’s magnetic field goes through every 11 years, when the field flips. Geomagnetic storms could become more frequent over the next year as the sun ...