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Ulysses Reaches Unprecedented Solar Lattitude

Posted by timothy on from the but-not-the-dark-side-of-the-sun dept.

T.Hobbes writes: "The pioneering European Space Agency's (Esa) Ulysses spacecraft flew over the Sun's north pole on Saturday, reaching a high northern solar latitude of 80 degrees. BBC coverage; ESA site; JPL site"

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  1. Hurting my brain. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    reaching a high northern solar latitude of 80 degrees

    80 degrees north? That sounds cold, but really it isn't because it's a solar latitude. Argh!