This is the best image of the surface and atmosphere of any star other than the Sun. (astrobio.net)
The spacecraft's telescopes are sensitive to radiation from the hot outer atmospheres of stars like the Sun and white dwarfs, formed when stars about the size of the Sun reach the end of their lives. (newscientist.com)
The tidal effect, as it's called, is probably why astronomers have not been finding more hot Jupiters practically grazing the outer atmospheres of their stars. (sciencemag.org)