SOHO Stories

NASA, ESA Sun Observatory Marks 30 Years

As ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) turns 30 on Tuesday, a lot has changed in how we understand our Sun and the space weather it creates since the mission’s launch.  When the SOHO mission began on Dec.…

View Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA’s Multiple Lenses 

This article was updated to include the full range of dates from the SOHO image. Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is in the midst of an unprecedented solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space telescopes to…

NASA Missions Help Explain, Predict Severity of Solar Storms

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in the U.S. and taking the world by surprise.  Two days earlier, the Sun blasted a coronal mass ejection (CME)…