Doomed comet spotted near the sun during the April 8 total solar eclipse
A surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8 total solar eclipse all the more memorable.
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Solar observation mission celebrates 15 years
On December 2, 1995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory or SOHO was launched into space from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket. The joint ESA/NASA project began its work observing the sun at a time when the term ...
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2010
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Image: ESA, NASA's SOHO sees bright sungrazer comet
ESA and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, saw a bright comet plunge toward the sun on Aug. 3-4, 2016, at nearly 1.3 million miles per hour. Comets are chunks of ice and dust that orbit the sun, usually ...
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2016
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Image: The abstract science of the dynamic Sun
The placid appearance of the Sun's surface belies a hot fireball of plasma in constant turmoil. A granular network invisible to the naked eye pervades the solar disc, with cells of hotter and colder plasma popping up, merging ...
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2014
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SOHO mission 'pick of the week' hits impressive milestone
(PhysOrg.com) -- In late November, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory's (SOHO) online "Pick of the Week" reached an impressive milestone: its 500th edition. This is an incredibly popular feature, which highlights one ...
Space Exploration
Jan 5, 2012
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Kamikaze comet loses its head
Like coins, most comet have both heads and tails. Occasionally, during a close passage of the Sun, a comet's head will be greatly diminished yet still retain a classic cometary outline. Rarely are we left with nothing but ...
Space Exploration
Mar 3, 2015
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ESA makes the Sun available to everyone
(PhysOrg.com) -- New software developed by ESA makes available online to everyone, everywhere at anytime, the entire library of images from the SOHO solar and heliospheric observatory. Just download the viewer and begin exploring ...
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2010
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SOHO's pioneering 25 years in orbit
The ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is celebrating its twenty-fifth launch anniversary.
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2020
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Near-sun comet roasted to death
Astronomers using a fleet of world leading telescopes on the ground and in space have captured images of a periodic rocky near-sun comet breaking apart. This is the first time such a comet has been caught in the act of disintegrating ...
Astronomy
Jun 15, 2022
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4,000th comet discovered by solar observatory
On June 15, 2020, a citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO—the 4,000th comet discovery in the spacecraft's 25-year history.
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2020
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