Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

by Kids Discover

Launched in 1995 by NASA and the European Space Agency, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft has given scientists a wealth of data about the sun. Orbiting in step with Earth so it can always “see” the sun, SOHO has also found more than 2,400 comets!

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