
ESA's Solar Orbiter
@esasolarorbiter
ESA's next generation #Sun explorer, launched on 9/10 February 2020 to study #TheSunUpClose ☀️ #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters
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https://www.esa.int/solarorbiter/ 26-10-2012 10:49:58
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Delighted to invite you to my first virtual Science Directorate Town Hall! Independent of career stage or affiliation in the scientific community, join us Tues 28 May 9:30-12:30 CEST to learn, ask questions, share views & ambitions: cosmos.esa.int/web/dsci_townh… European Space Agency ESA Science




Have you voted in the #ESAGames yet? 👉 x.com/esa/status/181… Competing in space diving 🤿 is ESA's Solar Orbiter 🌞🛰️The spacecraft is aiming for a medal for taking a plunge in the scorching environment of our star, taking images of the Sun from closer than any spacecraft


🏆 It's success for ESA's Solar Orbiter in the #ESAGames space diving! 🤿 An hard-fought battle between our Sun explorer and our Venus orbiter, with Solar Orbiter ultimately taking the top spot due to its impressive plunge into the scorching environment of our star ☀️

How does solar wind reach speeds of almost 2 million km/h? 🌊 The investigative duo ESA's Solar Orbiter and NASA Sun & Space’s Parker Solar Probe demonstrate that fast wind gets its energy by riding magnetic waves 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…


There is no smooth sailing with the solar wind 🌊⛵️ ESA's Solar Orbiter observations confirm that the solar wind gets gusty at its roots. Its turbulent motion begins very close to the Sun, inside the solar atmosphere known as the corona 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=cfPU3K…

Join the @ESA Science Directorate ! 🌌 We're hiring an Archive Scientist at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) near Madrid, Spain on a 3-year contract to work with the ESA's Solar Orbiter, ESA Cluster and other Heliophysics data archives. 🔍 If you have a passion for

☀️ 🛰️ESA's Solar Orbiter’s daring trajectory close to the Sun is paying off, giving us the highest-resolution full views of the Sun’s surface to date. Full story 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…
