Solar Orbiter probe launched to study Sun's poles
"As humans, we have always been familiar with the importance of the Sun to life on Earth, observing it and investigating how it works in detail, but we have also long known it has the potential to disrupt everyday life should we be in the firing line of a powerful solar storm," said Gunther Hasinger, ESA director of Science.
Solar Orbiter, a new collaborative mission between European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to study the Sun`s poles, Photo: Reuters