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Solar Orbiter closes in on the solution to a 65-year-old solar mystery

Solar Orbiter closes in on the solution to a 65-year-old solar mystery

by Daniela Sicilia | Sep 14, 2023 | Paper, Projects, RSN3, Solar Orbiter, Sun

A cosmic alignment and a little bit of spacecraft gymnastics has provided a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve the 65-year-old cosmic mystery of why the Sun’s atmosphere is so hot.

How a solar switchback is formed

How a solar switchback is formed

by Daniela Sicilia | Sep 12, 2022 | Projects, RSN3, Solar Orbiter, Sun

Solar Orbiter has made the first ever remote sensing observation of a magnetic phenomenon called a solar ‘switchback’, proving their origin in the solar surface and pointing to a mechanism that might help accelerate the solar wind.

Solar Orbiter crosses the Earth-Sun line as it heads for the Sun

Solar Orbiter crosses the Earth-Sun line as it heads for the Sun

by Daniela Sicilia | Mar 8, 2022 | Projects, RSN3, Solar Orbiter, Sun

The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the Sun. On 14 March, the spacecraft will pass the orbit of Mercury, the scorched inner planet of our Solar System, and on 26 March it will reach closest approach to the Sun.

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