Flying solo

Flying solo

Space Daily

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Paris (ESA) Jan 26, 2020

Solar Orbiter will orbit our nearest star, the Sun, observing it up close. It will take the first-ever direct images of its poles, while also studying the inner heliosphere - the bubble-like region around the Sun created by the stream of energised, charged particles released in the solar wind. At its closest, Solar Orbiter will come within about 42 million km of the Sun: closer than the sc

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