NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has been continuously observing the sun since its launch in 2010. From its vantage point above Earth, it sees the moon pass in front of the sun 2 to 5 times a year.

See a whole year of sun images, an image a day for 2020, taken by ESA's Proba-2 satellite.

A study of oppositely charged magnetic field bands, moving in the sun's northern and southern hemispheres, suggests the coming sunspot cycle - Cycle 25 - will be a particularly strong one. This result contradicts an earlier expert forecast, suggesting a weak Cycle 25.

This video, merging more than 2 decades of footage from SOHO cameras, captures thousands of sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections breaking out from the sun.

The sun is becoming active again as it enters Solar Cycle 25. This week, scientists' predictions of sunspots were proven via photos from astronomers around the world. Giant sunspot AR2786 can be viewed with proper filters and may create strong flares that reach Earth.

EarthSky community members have captured the giant sunspot region - AR 2781 - currently making its way across the sun's visible surface.

Solar storms pose risks for society, but more accurate space weather forecasts appear to be coming soon. A team of researchers in Japan has developed a physics-based method for predicting large solar flares, including powerful and potentially dangerous X-flares.

The sun has passed from one of its 11-year activity cycles into another. Scientists predict the new cycle - Solar Cycle 25 - will be about as calm as the previous one.

Solar Orbiter's new views are the closest images of the sun taken so far.

A new timelapse from NASA’s SDO Observatory condenses an entire solar cycle into 1 hour.