Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Comet hunters!

Every day, amateur astronomers from around the world scrutinize the images in search of new comets. Since SOHO was launched in 1996, more than 2000 comets have been found in this way, an all-time record for any astronomer or space mission.


Read more about it at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/12jan_cometstorm/ .
Or go to SOHO - Solar and Heliospheric Obserservatory for more on how you can look for comets too!

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