This image shows a magnetic field map from Solar Orbiter's Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) instrument, centred on the Sun's south pole. Blue indicates positive magnetic field, pointing towards the spacecraft, and red indicates negative magnetic field. On an off-set concentric grid with an overall yellow base color, blue and red bent stripe-like structures are sprinkled across the field of view. © ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team, J. Hirzberger (MPS)
First images of the Sun's south pole!
Solar Orbiter is the first space probe to look at the Sun's poles – and finds the magnetic field there in a state of turmoil. The Sun's magnetic field is currently undergoing a flip. During its latest flyby of the […]
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