Solar Orbiter

Each jet lasts between 20 and 100 seconds, and expels plasma at around 100 km/s.

An intriguing new addition to the zoo of features.

The ESA-led mission is providing the most extraordinary insights into the Sun’s magnetic behavior.

Solar Orbiter: Turning pictures into physics.

No other images of the Sun have been taken from such a close distance.

Solar Orbiter will address big questions in Solar System science to help us understand how our star creates and controls the giant bubble of plasma that surrounds the whole Solar System and influences the planets within it. It is an ESA mission with strong NASA participation.