Pick of the Week

Suicide Comets (March 15, 2010)

The SOHO spacecraft captured a very bright, sungrazing comet as it rocketed towards the Sun (Mar. 12, 2010) and was vaporized. This comet is arguably the brightest comet that SOHO has observed since...

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New SOHO Science Archive at ESA/ESAC

We are happy to announce the availability of a new SOHO Science Archive developed by the Science Archive Team at ESA/ESAC.

The new facility improves access to SOHO data as it provides additional capabilities to search and visualize data. Full data access remains available from the 'old' facility as well.

OUTREACH SPOTLIGHT

Reaching out with a Novel Venue

TriState Astronomers is a group of amateur astronomers from the area surrounding Hagerstown, Maryland. Our membership includes amateur astronomers from Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. We began in 1985 and we...

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Hot Shots from SOHO

SOHO celebrates 1500th comet discovery

It's the most successful comet catcher in history. SOHO has just reached a new milestone: It has discovered its 1500th comet, making it more successful than all the other discoverers of comets throughout history put together...

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