NASA scientists unveiled the first images captured by Solar Orbiter of the sun Thursday morning, providing awe-inspiring pictures that can hopefully bring new insight. Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA and NASA, CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL

„Solar Orbiter“: Esa und Nasa investierten rund 1,5 Milliarden Euro Die Raumsonde „Solar Orbiter“ war im Februar vom Weltraumbahnhof Cape Canaveral im US-Bundesstaat Florida gestartet. A high-resolution image from the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA) It’s been a banner year for solar observations so far.

NASA and ESA have released the first images of the Solar Orbiter, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun. ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter is returning its first science data, including images of the Sun taken from closer than any spacecraft in history. The first ultraviolet images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft (one shown) are the closest yet taken of our star. Scientists from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) will release the first data captured by Solar Orbiter, the joint ESA/NASA mission to study the Sun, during an online news briefing at 8 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 16.

Auf Aufnahmen entdecken Forscher ein neues Phänomen - das helfen könnte, ein altes Sonnen-Rätsel zu entschlüsseln.

„Solar Orbiter“ kommt der Sonne so nah wie keine Raumsonde zuvor. A new Solar Orbiter mission run collaboratively by NASA and the European Space Agency recently undertook its first pass of the Sun, capturing detailed images as it …