The European Space Agency ’s Solar Orbiter has observed the incredible behavior in the Sun ’s lower ambience like never before . The Sun ’s corona is an ever - changing landscape painting with a range of fascinating feature , from " moss " to " rain " . The new footage is provide a front seat to the currently active Sun .

In former TV of the Sun , we have seenspectacular eruptionsrelease huge quantities of particles out into the Solar System . In September last year , Solar Orbiterspotted a more modest clap – although it was still improbable than our whole satellite – as well as coronal moss , coronal rain , and spicules all in awe-inspiring contingent , which has just been released .

So , what are we looking at in this video ?

On the solar horizon we can see spicules , spires of blood plasma that reach up from the chromosphere into the solar corona above . They continue up to 10,000 kilometers ( 6,200 miles ) into the higher levels of the solar atmosphere . We can also see coronal " moss " , lacing - corresponding patterns of plasma find at the base of coronal loops , the condescending - corresponding social organisation see extend well above the airfoil of the Sun .

Those loops make another result : coronal rain . The eyelet are very bright because they are very hot , around 1 million ° C . Some of the plasm cools and , thanks to gravity , comes back down in darker high - density clumps hump as " rainfall " . These thump are still blistering but less scorching at probably less than 10,000 ° snow ( 18,000 ° F ) . They are easy to see as they are much glowering than the intensely hot coronal cringle . This is the Sun in extreme ultraviolet .

Solar Orbiter took the video on September 27 , 2023 . Just a few days later , on October 7 , it was at its closest space from the Sun : 43 million kilometers ( 26.7 million miles ) . That ’s less than one - third of the Earth - Sun distance . On the same day the telecasting was taken , NASA’sParker Solar Probewas just 7.26 million kilometers ( 4.51 million miles ) from the Sun , so the space agencies teamed up . Parker measures the particles and charismatic domain in the Sun ’s corona and the solar wind , so Solar Orbiter follow the region from where the solar wind came to flow past Parker . Together , the space vehicle are provide crucial insights into the Sun and how it work .