Mercury Transit
There’s a little black spot on the sun today! Don’t miss it—these events only occur about 13 times per century! In fact, the next transit won’t take place until 2032.
November 11, 2019 • 7:35 a.m. EST (12:35 GMT)–1:04 p.m. EST (18:04 GMT)
Photo Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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Parker Solar Probe
Humanity’s First Visit to a Star
Parker Solar Probe is a historic mission, flying into the Sun’s atmosphere (or corona) for the first time! It will have 24 orbits around the sun, traveling at a top speed of 430,000 mph—the fastest man-made object ever! It can also withstand temperatures outside the spacecraft that reach nearly 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,377 degrees Celsius)!
Launched August 12, 2018 at 3:31am EDT
Learn about our sun
The sun is a window into our universe! By studying the sun, we deepen our understanding of all the other stars you see in the sky & beyond…
OUR NEAREST STAR
Learn more about the sun, the heliosphere, space weather, solar missions, eclipses, and related science.
Current Observations
The Sun as Seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) & the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
