This image, captured on December 6, 2010, shows a massive solar filament erupting from the Sun. Nearly a million km long, it was seen by STEREO in extreme ultraviolet light.

The first images from a nascent NASA mission showcased the spacecraft's ability to take deep-field images of the night sky.

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on March 4, 2025, the composite photo shows a potentially destructive white dwarf ...

This zoomed-in image shows how the sun's magnetic field shapes hot coronal plasma. Photos like this highlight the ever-changing connections between gas captured by the sun's magnetic field and gas ...

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While sunsets on Mars are uniquely moody, NASA 's Curiosity rover has captured a stunning image of a martian sunset, featuring light rays that illuminated a bank of clouds as the sun set over the ...