When the solar system was forming, it was essentially a big ball of dust and gas that was spinning. Then, it began to flatten out due to this spin and settled into a disk structure. I propose a scientific satellite to observe our solar system perpendicular to it's orbital plane.
A satellite with solar sail would be accelerated towards the sun. As the satellite approach to the sun, it would adjust its solar sail to gain perpendicular momentum to the orbital plane. Due to sun's strong gravity, it shouldn't approach too near and use its sail to repel itself away from the sun. Finally, it should spiral out from the perpendicular axis of the orbital plane.
The satellite should be small in weight but large in solar sail area, in order to accelerate itself away from the sun, perpendicularly. As a result, we can observe the outside of our solar system, without needing to go beyond Pluto.
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