ALT Satellite imagery from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the Sun in ultraviolet light colorized in light brown. Dark patches on the Sun's surface are in the shape of a smile.

ALT The Sun is about half-covered by the Moon as it rises above a lighthouse and water

ALT A partial solar eclipse is seen as the Sun rises behind the Delaware Breakwater Lighthouse

ALT A partial solar eclipse is seen duing sunrise behind the US Capitol

ALT A red, gold, yellow, white, and black Sun on a black background. On the left, there is a white and yellow "X" coming off of the Sun. That is the solar flare. To the right of the X is a splotch of white and yellow. The rest of the Sun is a mix of black and red.

ALT The annular eclipse. Against a black background, there is a thin ring of light orange (the Sun) around a black circle (the Moon). There is the NASA insignia in the top right corner, a countdown clock on the top left showing 1 min 13 seconds, and Live Albuquerque, NM on the bottom left.

ALT Multi-color pride flag created using imagery from NASA.

ALT Image of the Sun in purple color scheme with dark splotches arranged to mimic a face.

ALT A side-by-side image of two solar flares that erupted on May 10-11, 2024. The images show close-ups of one edge of the Sun, with bright flashes (the flare) towards the center of the image.

ALT Composite image showing the partial and total phases of the eclipse

ALT Close-up showing the wispy corona as the Moon blocks the Sun's face

ALT View from the Space Station showing the dark shadow of the eclipse on Earth's surface

ALT Comet NEOWISE appears against a background of stars with two tails visible

ALT An image of Oct. 28th's X1-class solar flare, created with a blend of the 304 and 171 angstrom channels on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

ALT The bottom right area of the Sun, shown in gold and against a black background. There are some loops cascading off the Sun. Toward the middle is a bright white area — the solar flare.

ALT A view of a solar flare on the Sun from NASA's solar dynamics observatory

ALT Aurora seen from Lummi Island, Washington, at 10:54 p.m. PT on May 10, 2024. The sky above a lake and mountain skyline is awash with green and purple light. Credit: Jeff Carter

ALT A four panel coronagraph image showing a coronal mass ejection bursting from the Sun

ALT A high-resolution view of the Sun in ultraviolet light, showing a coronal mass ejection erupting from the lower left quadrant

ALT Illustration of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft facing the Sun

ALT The red and yellow Sun against a black background. The Sun is primarily red with several bright yellow active regions swirling across its surface. On the right, a bright yellow burst is seen cascading off the Sun against the black background.

ALT Left: The Sun appears as a ball with fuzzy structure all over. Right: Zoomed-in view shows fine strands and structure on the Sun.

ALT 10 postage stamps featuring views of our Sun from space

ALT A bright swirl of aurora appears near Jupiter's north pole

ALT Bright aurora visible at the at magnetic poles of Uranus, askew from the planet's rotation and rings

ALT A bright star creates a bow shocks in space

ALT multicolor diaphonous layers of gas overlap in this image of a gas cloud in space.

ALT Jupiter dominates the frame, appearing to glow with bands of bright white, light yellow, and darker, brownish oranges. The stripes circle the planet, with one especially thick bright band across the planet’s center. A spot of glowing bright white interrupts the darker brown band about a third from the bottom of the planet. To the left of Jupiter, Europa appears as a tiny, black circle with a bright starburst erupting from its edges. The background of the image is pure black.

ALT Illustration showing the Sun's bubble of influence, the heliosphere, in interstellar space

ALT Image of a solar flare.

ALT A close-up shot of the moon in grayscale set against a black background.

ALT The Sun appears as an orange disk. In the lower right part of the Sun is a large group of black sunspots. One large sunspot appears by itself in the top left, with a few smaller spots appearing near the upper left and upper right edges of the Sun.

ALT Long exposure showing the arc of Solar Orbiter's launch

ALT timelapse image of rocket launching into night sky, with long trail of light behind it.

ALT The Sun, shown in orange, appears against a black background. A few bright yellow active regions appear across the Sun. A bright flash of yellow and white light can be seen on the lower left edge of the Sun against the black background.

ALT Uranus, colored in blue on a black background, with five of its moons surrounding it in orbit, just beyond its rings.

ALT A black hole - a dark center surrounded by a glowing red donut-shaped border

ALT The Sun, shown in teal against a black background. The Sun is a mix of darker, almost black areas and bright teal regions. On the right is an extremely bright flash of white.