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    The Sun – our steady, reliable companion – tells a very different story up close

    Created using footage captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft between 2011 and 2015, Sun is a mesmerising, perspective-shaking glimpse at Earth’s life-giving star. While seemingly immutable in the daytime sky, a closer look at the Sun reveals a dynamic and unpredictable body, blotted with sunspots and regularly spewing violent plasma eruptions far into interplanetary space.

    Director: Michael König

    Music: Murcof

    19 June 2017
    Close-up of the Sun’s surface with visible solar flares and sunspots, captured in vibrant red and yellow hues.

    videoAstronomy

    Let the Sun’s invisible solar winds wash over you in ultra high-definition video

    30 minutes

    Illustration of a woman kneeling on a wooden floor scattered with papers while shining a light through a magnifying glass.

    videoAstronomy

    Meet the citizen scientist who changed how we see the Sun, and science itself

    5 minutes

    Monochrome photo of concentric circular patterns resembling sound waves or ripples viewed from above forming a deep central hole.

    videoEarth science and climate

    Magnetic and majestic: visualising the powerful storms hidden from human view

    5 minutes

    A dark sky with numerous stars and a bright, luminous object emitting light in the centre.

    videoAstronomy

    Celebrating the rough, the raw and the human in hardcore space science

    3 minutes

    A laboratory with equipment and a swirling pattern of light trails in the foreground, suggesting movement or energy.

    videoAstronomy

    How would the world look if we could see the magnetic fields around us?

    5 minutes

    A black and white image of a starburst galaxy with bright, radiating light and scattered points of light representing stars against a dark background.

    videoAstronomy

    Raw solar-storm footage is the punk-rock antidote to sleek James Webb imagery

    6 minutes

    Image of Saturn’s rings and its largest moon, Titan, with cloud cover, as captured from space.

    videoSpace exploration

    Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets

    31 minutes

    A street scene with a huge, digitally added Saturn dominating the sky, power lines, trees and a business sign visible.

    videoAstronomy

    Close encounters of a different kind – what if Venus, Neptune or Saturn hovered close by?

    2 minutes

    A colourful nebula with pink, purple and white hues in a dark star-filled space, showcasing cosmic dust and star clusters.

    videoSpace exploration

    Embark on an operatic, interactive journey to a witness the birth of a star

    6 minutes