Things have gotten hot.
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, operated by ESA and NASA, took the closest image of the Sun ever when it was 77 million kilometres away. In order to comprehend how the Sun influences space weather near Earth and throughout the solar system, scientists will be able to piece together its atmospheric layers with the aid of these photographs.

Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ESA and NASA, CSL, and IAS/MSSL are the sources.
