The STEREO A spacecraft looked back from the far side of the Sun to capture an image of Earth and Mercury.
Image of the Day Remote Sensing
For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.
Image of the Day Heat
Image of the Day
Image of the Day Atmosphere
NASA’s twin STEREO spacecraft spy a solar prominence from two angles.
Image of the Day Heat Remote Sensing
Image of the Day Heat Unique Imagery
Fiery arcs rise above an active region on the surface of the Sun in this pair of images of a coronal mass ejection on January 27, 2010.
Our Sun experienced fewer sunspots in 2008 than it had since the 1957 launch of Sputnik. As of Sun-Earth Day on March 20, 2009, the Sun was continuing its quiet pattern.
A flare bursts from the Sun in this detailed image taken on August 1, 2010, by the STEREO Ahead telescope.