The apparent texture of the sun comes from the varying densities and temperatures within its surface, which has layers similar to an onion. By “tuning” in to different wavelengths, or colors, like a ...

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

As the Sun nears solar maximum, an abundance of phenomena dance across its surface. The chromosphere ... an abundance of gaseous and energetic "texture," giving the Sun a fuzzy appearance.

which are dark and cool regions on the sun’s “surface” known as the photosphere. Sunspots can vary in size, but most are the size of Earth or larger. The images are “previewing the ...

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 ...

Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology produced the finest images of the Sun’s corona to date. To make these ...

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 sunspots vary ...