Pick of the Week
CME Cornucopia (May 11, 2012)
Nearly a dozen coronal mass ejections in less than four days (May 3-6, 2012) may serve as a reminder that the Sun is approaching its period of maximum activity...
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Hot Shots from SOHO
Comet Lovejoy Grazes the Sun (and survives)
Comet Lovejoy came into LASCO's view on Dec. 14 as a bright, white streak, skimmed across the Sun's edge about 140,000 km above the surface late Dec. 15 and early Dec. 16, 2011, furiously brightening and vaporizing as it approached the Sun...
SPOTLIGHT
JHelioviewer: A new way of looking at the Sun
JHelioviewer is new visualization software that enables everyone, anywhere to explore the Sun...
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At 15:35 UT |
| Speed: 367 km/s | |
| Density: 2.99 p/cm3 | |
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