mission milestone
Uncovering the solar wind’s origins
28 May 2024
ESA-led Solar Orbiter made the first-ever connection between measurements of the solar wind around a spacecraft in the inner heliosphere to high-resolution images of the Sun’s surface at a close distance. The success opens a new way for solar physicists to study the source regions of the solar wind.
Images from Solar Orbiter’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager instrument. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI & SPICE/S. Yardley.
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