Solar physics

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. more

First Light! The spectro-polarimeter of the world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii looks at the Sun for the first time. The instrument was developed in Germany. more

Just a few months after its launch, the space probe observed a large solar flare - and looked into a barely explored layer of our star. more

Data from the ESA’S Solar Orbiter show tiny plasma jets in the source regions of the solar wind. more

More often than previously thought, sun-like stars hurl huge amounts of radiation into space. The Sun, too, is capable of such outbursts. more