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The dark region seen on the face of the sun at the end of March 2013 is a coronal hole...

👁 The dark region seen on the face of the sun at the end of March 2013 is a coronal hole just above and to the right of the middle of the picture, which is a source of fast solar wind leaving the sun in this image from NASA Solar Dynamic Observatory.

This composite image of the Sun includes high-energy X-ray data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) shown in blue;...

👁 This composite image of the Sun includes high-energy X-ray data from NASA's NuSTAR shown in blue; lower energy X-ray data from the XRT on the JAXA's Hinode mission shown in green; and ultraviolet light detected by the AIA on NASA's SDO shown in red.

The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period (Feb....

NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, constantly observes the outer regions of the Sun’s corona using a coronagraph, which...

👁 NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, constantly observes the outer regions of the Sun’s corona using a coronagraph, which blocks the bright solar disk.

Animation of a CME leaving the Sun, slamming into our magnetosphere. Credit: NASA/GSFC/SOHO/ESA Sound: Juan Carlos Garcia To learn more...

This illustration lays a depiction of the sun's magnetic fields over an image captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on...

Caption: This image from June 20, 2013, at 11:15 p.m. EDT shows the bright light of a solar flare on...

This image from June 20, 2013, at 11:15 p.m. EDT shows the bright light of a solar flare on the...

👁 A portion of the Sun, appears in red, yellow, orange, and black. A yellow burst of solar material juts off of the Sun, against the black expanse of space.

NASA image captured December 6, 2010 To view a video of this event go here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5258354738 A very long solar...

👁 Tendrils of hot plasma stream from the Sun.

CME blast and subsequent impact at Earth -- This illustration shows a CME blasting off the Sun’s surface in the...

On May 9, 2016, Mercury passed directly between the Sun and Earth, making a transit of the Sun. Mercury transits...

👁 On May 9, 2016, Mercury passed directly between the Sun and Earth, making a transit of the Sun. Mercury transits happen about 13 times each century. NASA SDO studies the Sun 24/7 and captured the eight-hour event.

The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period (Feb....

X-rays stream off the sun in this first picture of the sun, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA Solar...