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Spotting Jupiter's Moons...with a Solar Telescope!?
I was astounded to learn this morning that SOHO can not only see Jupiter, it can actually resolve Jupiter's moons (at least its two outer ones) as points of light separate from their planet!
Mars conjunction today: Cool SOHO/SDO video
Today Mars made its closest approach to the Sun -- as seen from Earth, that is. Why is this important?
Solar eclipses from space: Hinode and SDO
Two spacecraft that keep their ever-watchful eyes on the Sun -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and JAXA's Hinode -- were doing their thing, when something large wandered past: the Moon.
SOHO's 2000th comet
SOHO was launched more than 15 years ago to study the Sun, primarily; but a side benefit of its constant observation of the Sun has been its ability to notice
A Martian Moment in Time, revisited
A good start to my day today: The New York Times' Lens Blog featured the
What it looks like when a CME explodes toward us
The animation I posted yesterday, of a huge coronal mass ejection exploding away from the Sun, caused several people to ask if it could do Earth any harm.
Stellar explosion
The Sun just spat out a huge coronal mass ejection, an event made visible by the watchful cameras on SOHO.
Revolutionary NASA Solar Explorer Roars to Space
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer reports for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is covering the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, set to launch this weekend.