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Solar Orbiter - structural and thermal model

Solar Orbiter - structural and thermal model

Solar Orbiter images first coronal mass ejections

Solar Orbiter images first coronal mass ejections

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Where is Solar Orbiter?

Where is Solar Orbiter?

Solar Orbiter flyby of Venus

Solar Orbiter flyby of Venus

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Solar Orbiter's journey around the Sun

Solar Orbiter's journey around the Sun

Solar Orbiter: turning pictures into physics

Solar Orbiter's latest results show that the mission is making the first direct connections between events at the solar surface and what's happening in interplanetary space around the spacecraft....

Footprint of the solar wind

Footprint of the solar wind

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Multipoint detections of a coronal mass ejection

Multipoint detections of a coronal mass ejection

An orbit's worth of particle data

An orbit's worth of particle data

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Solar Orbiter releases first data to the public

ESA has released its first Solar Orbiter data to the scientific community and the wider public. The instruments contributing to this data release come from the suite of in-situ instruments that...

Solar Orbiter Archive

Solar Orbiter Archive

Artist's impression of Solar Orbiter

Artist's impression of Solar Orbiter

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Solar Orbiter facing the Sun

Solar Orbiter facing the Sun

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Solar Orbiter facing the Sun

Solar Orbiter facing the Sun

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Solar Orbiter reaches first perihelion

Solar Orbiter reaches first perihelion

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Solar Orbiter's first images reveal 'campfires' on the Sun

The first images from Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission by ESA and NASA, have revealed omnipresent miniature solar flares, dubbed 'campfires', near the surface of our closest star.

Secrets for Solar Orbiter to solve

Secrets for Solar Orbiter to solve

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The closest camera to the Sun

The closest camera to the Sun

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The many faces of the Sun from Solar Orbiter's EUI and PHI instruments

The many faces of the Sun from Solar Orbiter's EUI and PHI instruments

The Sun and its magnetic properties

The Sun and its magnetic properties

Solar Orbiter first images and data

Solar Orbiter first images and data

Combining remote-sensing and in situ measurements

Combining remote-sensing and in situ measurements

Solar Orbiter spots 'campfires' on the Sun (annotated)

Solar Orbiter spots 'campfires' on the Sun (annotated)

Solar Orbiter's first view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter's first view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter's high-resolution view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter's high-resolution view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter's first view of the Sun's corona

Solar Orbiter's first view of the Sun's corona

Solar Orbiter's first view of the solar wind

Solar Orbiter's first view of the solar wind

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun's corona and beyond

Solar Orbiter's view of the Sun's corona and beyond

Solar Orbiter's first view of the Sun

Solar Orbiter's first view of the Sun

Replay: Solar Orbiter first image release

Solar Orbiter first image release