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Solar Orbiter Captures First Direct Images of Sun’s South Pole

By tilting 17 degrees out of the ecliptic plane, the ESA-NASA probe revealed the south pole’s complex magnetic fields

Parker Solar Probe Detects Magnetic Reconnection Fueling Extreme Proton Acceleration in Nascent Solar Wind