Solar Orbiter image of the sun in visible light, taken on March 22, 2023. Sunspots are cooler than the surrounding surface. ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team ...

NEWS FEATURE 25 October 2023 Staring at the Sun — close-up images from space rewrite solar science Researchers have never had such detailed views of our nearest star.

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 ...

The images were taken with the spacecraft's high-resolution Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) operating in the full sun mode that enables scientists to view the entire star. The video reveals the ...

These “first-light” images, released January 29, reveal features on the sun’s surface just 30 kilometers across, or about three times as small as anything yet seen.

New images of the sun captured by the Solar Orbiter mission showcase the highest-resolution views of our star’s visible surface ever seen, revealing sunspots and continuously moving charged gas ...

The sun is Earth's closest star, yet its beauty is too intense to appreciate with the naked eye. Here are some of the most stunning solar images that our satellites and telescopes have captured.

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. “We reveal humankind’s first-ever ...

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 ...

Those images won't come until early 2025, when the spacecraft's orbit will allow it to achieve a higher inclination and provide a direct view of the sun's poles.