Extreme cold and strong magnetic interference also make navigation tricky down there. So while flying over the Arctic is common, the Antarctic skies remain mostly empty!

European Space Agency's solar orbiter has captured photos of the Sun's poles for the first time ever. It is now performing its first pole-to-pole orbit of our star.

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New images are key to understanding solar magnetic storms and other space weather that can disrupt systems on Earth.

On October 31, 1956, he became the first man to land a plane at the South Pole. A recent announcement reveals that he died on May 15 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the age of 102.

Weird magnetic fields at the sun's south pole The Sun's polar regions are pretty busy and chaotic places, it turns out. The ESA's press release about their findings goes so far as to call the Sun ...

Deep tech Clearest views yet of Sun’s south pole may unlock its mysteries The images offer scientists unprecedented views of our nearest star June 11, 2025 - 2:00 pm ...

These data will transform our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field, the solar wind, and solar activity,” explained Daniel Müller, ESA’s Solar Orbiter project scientist.

In the coming years, Solar Orbiter’s path is expected to tilt even further, bringing even more of the sun's south pole into direct view. As such, the best views may be yet to come, according to ESA.