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

Each image is made of 25 photographs and the Sun has a diameter of nearly 8,000 pixels in each mosaic, revealing a wealth of insights such as details of its magnetism.

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 ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtained the highest-resolution full views of the Sun’s surface to date taken from less than 74 million kilometres (45.9 million miles from the Sun.

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 ...

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 images, obtained in March 2023 by the ESA's Solar Orbiter, represent what the agency says are the highest-resolution views of the sun's surface, known as the photosphere, to date.

Each image is actually a mosaic of 25 high-resolution shots snapped by the Solar Orbiter mission on March 22, 2023. The spacecraft captured all 100 total images when it was less than 46 million ...

The PHI instrument team used 25 images captured over four hours to create full-disc images of the Sun. The full mosaic, which has a diameter of nearly 8,000 pixels, can be viewed on ESA's website.

This high-resolution image shows the sun in ultraviolet light, revealing its outer atmosphere, the corona. ESA & NASA / Solar Orbiter / EUI Team CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO ...

A European spacecraft is showing us how dynamic the Sun is with newly released images, the highest-resolution images of our star's surface so far. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter ...

A European spacecraft is showing us how dynamic the Sun is with newly released images, the highest-resolution images of our star's surface so far. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter ...