133 days on the sun

The new sun video, which NASA released on YouTube Jan. 5, shows the sun as it appeared over four months from Aug. 12 to Dec. 22 in 2022. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the video as part of its constant watch for solar flares and other space weather.

Scientists then compressed the video so that all 133 days of it take up just 1 hour of your time. The video above, created by our Space.com team, compressed the SDO time-lapse even further, squeezing all 133 days of sun videos into just 2 minutes.