For the first time, images of the Sun's south pole have been captured by a space probe. This unique perspective provides scientists with valuable data about our star.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.

The star Polaris marks the North Celestial Pole in our sky, around which all other objects in the heavens appear to rotate.

But thanks to the Solar Orbiter's Venus flyby, it now has a view of the sun from below its equator, allowing it to see the star's southern pole clearly.

A space probe has delivered world-first images of the Sun's south pole—and this is only the start towards deeper solar science.

We have seen the sun’s south pole for the first time, courtesy of the pioneering Solar Orbiter spacecraft. These images and other measurements should help us refine forecasts of the sun’s ...

Just a few days after snapping these images, the ESA spacecraft reached a maximum viewing angle of 17 degrees, which it sits in currently as it performs its first "pole-to-pole" orbit of our star.

Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.

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The first-ever images of the sun’s south pole reveal a messy jumble of magnetic activity in a never-before-seen region of our nearest star.

So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have photographed one of the sun’s elusive poles. The images come courtesy of a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter.