New images of the sun’s surface captured by a powerful ground-based solar telescope have revealed sunspots and other features in unprecedented detail. The eight images, released on May 19, were ...

Mind you, capturing images of the Sun can be difficult business. That’s because even looking at our solar system’s star through a camera lens can be extremely dangerous.

Watch CBS News Scientists release closest images ever taken of the sun: "Much better than what we dared to hope for" July 16, 2020 / 10:10 AM EDT ...

The sun is taking center stage with recent solar flare activity sparking modest space weather tomorrow, with an added metaphorical selfie as NASA recently released the first-ever images of the sun ...

Closest Ever Images of the Sun Revealed by NASA and ESA, Scientists 'Amazed' at Quality Published Jul 16, 2020 at 8:15 AM EDT Updated Jul 16, 2020 at 11:19 AM EDT By Aristos Georgiou ...

Until now. In March, a spacecraft captured the first-ever clear images of the sun's south pole, which the European Space Agency released Wednesday, June 11.

Next month, scientists are set to release the closest images of the sun ever captured. On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft reached its first close ...

NASA launches probe on historic mission to study the sun The largest solar telescope in Europe has released unprecedented close-up images of the sun — and they are a little bit terrifying ...

A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts — and Mercury is in the picture.

The sunspots in the images are cool and dark regions on the sun’s “surface,” called the photosphere. Although sunspots are short-lived, strong magnetic fields persist here.

The four images offer a high-definition tour of the sun. First, the visible light image below depicts the star’s constantly moving surface of hot plasma—or charged gas, simply put.

This was the Solar Orbiter mission’s first high-angle observation campaign of the sun, conducted at an angle of 15 degrees below the solar equator. Just a few days after snapping these images ...