Incredible new images of the sun's surface provide an unprecedented view of sunspots and other solar activity.

A new 8K camera system at the Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife captures images of the Sun's surface in stunning detail.

“To understand the elaborate interplay between large and small; between twisted magnetic fields and churning flows, we need to behold the sun in all its splendor. These high-resolution images ...

“These new high-resolution maps from Solar Orbiter’s PHI instrument show the beauty of the Sun’s surface magnetic field and flows in great detail. At the same time, they are crucial for ...

The sun may too bright and too powerful for us to look at with the naked eye, even from nearly 92 million miles away on Earth, but a solar orbiter recently got an unprecedented up-close glimpse of ...

A new camera system has restored the full field of view of the VTT, capturing 8K images using 100 short exposures recorded at ...

A high-resolution snapshot of the Sun from Solar Orbiter. Image: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, E. Kraaikamp (ROB) Five years into its mission, NASA and ESA’s Solar Orbiter just snapped what ...

This view is just part of a new, high-resolution image of the sun's full surface captured by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Screenshot. ESA & NASA ...

“These new high-resolution maps from Solar Orbiter’s PHI instrument show the beauty of the Sun’s surface magnetic field and flows in great detail. At the same time, they are crucial for ...