Here are some videos and other resources about the Sun, and the spacecraft observing it:

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A good resource for students and teachers is NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) website – on it you can fine real-time images and animations of the Sun in multiple frequencies:

The Sun seen in multiple frequencies from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Another good resource is NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO):

Animation of the Sun from SOHO

A real-time view of the solar wind NOW from SOHO