The European Space Agency's (ESA) and NASA's Solar Orbiter have captured images of the Sun in unprecedented detail. Spacecraft took the images on March 7, as it passed directly between the Earth and Sun at a distance of 75 million kilometres, on the halfway point between the Earth and its parent star, according to an ESA statement.

NASA-ESA solar orbiter clicks the most detailed pictures of the Sun. Take a look!

New footage has been released showing glare from Venus. The image was captured by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft on its second flyby of the planet.

Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures Venus glare

The first images from ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission, are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun.

NASA's solar orbiter returns first data, captures closest pictures of sun

Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter took off to space on Sunday night to an unprecedented mission to capture the first images of the Sun's poles. The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Solar orbiter takes off to capture first look at Sun's poles

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