6 stunning images of Sun captured by NASA

Active regions on the Sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on Oct. 8, 2014.

A huge, handle-shaped prominence erupting from the Sun in 1999.

The Sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 2:23 p.m. EDT on June 22, 2015. 

A sequence of images composited together to show path of Venus across the Sun.

The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period (Feb. 24, 2015).

Venus transits the Sun.

Image source: NASA