Five things we're going to learn from Europe's Solar Orbiter mission
Friday, February 7, 2020 - 09:11
in Astronomy & Space
At 23.03 (local time) on Sunday 9 February, Europe's newest mission to study the sun is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Called Solar Orbiter, this European Space Agency (ESA) mission will travel to within the orbit of planet Mercury to study the sun like never before, returning stunning new images of its surface.