On its record-breaking pass by the sun late last year, NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the sun's atmosphere. These newly released images—taken closer to the sun than we've ever been before—are helping scientists better understand the sun's influence across the solar system,

Newly released imagery from NASA shows the Sun's corona in stunning detail after the Parker Solar probe performed its closest-ever flyby.

Video made from Parker Solar Probe's WISPR instrument show solar wind from the corona taken during a record-breaking close flyby in December 2024. (Video credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research