What Dose The Surface Of The Sun Look Like

See Our Closest Star Like Never Before! As the only star we can observe in detail, the Sun provides a basis for our understanding of other stars, and the better we understand other stars, the more we know about the Milky Way. For decades astronomers have used multiple tools, including ground-based telescopes and Earth-orbiting spacecraft to examine its mysterious, scorching layers. Now, we can actually see the Suns surface, the layer where light escapes into space after thousands of years bouncing around inside. So what does it look like?