The spacecraft's Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) is responsible for studying the surface of the Sun, also known as the photosphere. It does that by snapping images as well as measuring ...

The Solar Orbiter probe, launched into space in 2020, captured in February 2023 the highest resolution images of the photosphere (or visible surface of the Sun) when it was 74 million kilometers away.

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 Image of the sun's magnetic field. Red ...

Newly-released photos capture the sun in highest resolution ever, space agency says The Solar Orbiter, which launched in February 2020, imaged the sun's surface from less than 46 million miles ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed the detailed motions of giant gas bubbles on the surface of a nearby star for the first time, which rise and fall like the inside of a ...

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light ...

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest ...

The images show the surface of the star R. Doradus, a red giant star 180 light-years away in the Dorado constellation. The star has a diameter about 350 times that of the sun, and it serves as a ...

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light ...

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light ...

By Kameryn Griesser, CNN (CNN) — A newly released image of the sun captured by the world’s largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in unprecedented detail, shedding light ...