Menu ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft took this image of the sun in extreme ultraviolet on May 30, 2020. Images in this wavelength help reveal the sun's diaphanous upper atmosphere, or corona, which is a blistering one million degrees.Image by Solar Orbiter/EUI Team/ ESA & NASA; CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. The sun is getting stormier, and it’ll peak just in time for a total solar eclipse The next solar cycle is ramping up, offering spacecraft an unprecedented chance to unravel the sun’s mysteries while giving people on Earth a stunning show.