The Sun Today Live

Real, near-live views of our star — the same Sun that Aditya-L1 watches from L1. Images come from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory; space-weather numbers from NOAA. Data refreshes when you load the page.

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Solar wind speed

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IMF Bz

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Planetary Kp index

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Geomagnetic activity

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The Sun right now

Different wavelengths reveal different layers of the Sun — from the visible surface to the searing corona.

Corona (AIA 193 Å) — the hot, tenuous outer atmosphere.

Chromosphere (AIA 304 Å) — cooler plasma and prominences.

Visible surface (HMI) — sunspots on the photosphere.

SDO HMI magnetogram — surface magnetic field

Magnetic field (HMI magnetogram) — north (white) and south (black) polarity.

Images: NASA/SDO (public domain), updated roughly every 15 minutes. Space-weather data: NOAA SWPC. If a value shows “—”, the live service was unreachable from your browser.