Why We've Only Ever Seen the Sun's Poles Once

The video discusses the ecliptic plane and the challenges of launching missions out of it. It highlights the Ulysses mission, which provided groundbreaking data on the sun by using a gravity assist from Jupiter to exit the ecliptic. Ulysses' findings include insights into the sun's magnetosphere, solar winds, and interstellar dust. The mission's data has been crucial for understanding solar activity and its effects on Earth. Future missions like the Solar Orbiter aim to continue this exploration.

What role did Ulysses play in the study of magnetars?

What upcoming mission is planned to follow the Ulysses mission, and what will it study?