As the year wraps up, we're thinking about the new yearly journey around the sun. This week we chose five fascinating facts about the sun that we wanted to share. We hope you enjoy! | explore.org

🌞Sun activity November 11, 2023: Flares are increasing. CME arrives tonight 👏 Sun activity increased its flare production over the last 24 hours, with up to 20 C flares in the past day. All the action is on the western portion of the sun, in both the north and south quadrants. 🤩 In particular, the northwestern region produced a filament eruption in the vicinity of sunspot AR3481. It occurred at 7 UTC on November 11, 2023. The blast sent ejecta into space. Shortly before, active region AR3483—

From 2015 to 2016, NASA captured an image of the sun every 12 seconds—and ended up with these incredible, ultra-HD pictures. | National Geographic