Since 2025, Solar Orbiter is the first Sun-watching spacecraft to ever get a clear look at the…
Welcome Home, Expedition 72 Crew!
On May 22, 2025, NASA hosted an Expedition 72 crew debrief and awards ceremony at Space…
Why Solar Orbiter is angling towards the Sun’s poles
All images you have ever seen of the Sun were taken from near the Sun’s equator,…
Portrait of a Bobcat
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a bobcat wades through one of the waterways near…
SPICE sees movement at the Sun’s south pole
The Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument on the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft got…
Solar Orbiter’s view of the Sun’s south pole
From Earth, we always look towards the Sun’s equator. This year, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission…
A Near-Full ‘Strawberry Moon’ Will Shine Again on Wednesday Night
Night sky observers are being treated this week to a view of a red-tinted full moon…
Solar Orbiter’s world-first views of the Sun’s south pole
This collage shows Solar Orbiter’s view of the Sun’s south pole on 16–17 March 2025, from…
Tuning a NASA Instrument: Calibrating MASTER
NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF).…
These images are the first time we have seen the sun’s south pole
The south pole of the sun has never been seen before ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team,…