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The sun is still a burning mystery. That may be about to change.
The historic launch of the new European Solar Orbiter helps foster a golden age for understanding our nearest star.
On Sunday evening, a rocket is scheduled to streak through Florida’s nighttime sky, ferrying a spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind adventure to the sun.
- Nadia Drake
- National Geographic
Even though our home star smolders every day in our skies, humans have only ever seen the sun from one perspective: face-on, from within the plane of …