Lost Cause
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Okay, I'm not on earth this time of night, but it is cool to know of this million to one shot out there.
The SOHO spacecraft is currently generating spectacular images of a recently found comet called NEAT as the icy body circles the Sun and appears to have been struck by a massive solar eruption. The chance encounter could lead to new discoveries about the interactions of comets with hot, charged particles billowing from the Sun.
NEAT is putting on what may turn out to be the most remarkable comet show ever witnessed by SOHO, which has photographed more than 500 comets rounding the Sun.
"It is far the brightest and largest comet seen," Paal Brekke, SOHO deputy project scientist, told SPACE.com.
SOHO stands for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The satellite sits partway between Earth and the Sun and is designed primarily to monitor space weather like the eruption currently witnessed. Live images of the comet and the eruptive event are available at the SOHO website to anyone with an Internet connection.
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://www******.com/php/multimedia...The horizontal line running through the comet's%20head%20is%20an%20artifact%20caused%20by%20saturation%20of%20the%20imager.%20The%20circle%20in%20the%20middle%20is%20created%20by%20a%20device%20that%20blocks%20out%20the%20main%20disk%20of%20the%20Sun.
The SOHO spacecraft is currently generating spectacular images of a recently found comet called NEAT as the icy body circles the Sun and appears to have been struck by a massive solar eruption. The chance encounter could lead to new discoveries about the interactions of comets with hot, charged particles billowing from the Sun.
NEAT is putting on what may turn out to be the most remarkable comet show ever witnessed by SOHO, which has photographed more than 500 comets rounding the Sun.
"It is far the brightest and largest comet seen," Paal Brekke, SOHO deputy project scientist, told SPACE.com.
SOHO stands for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The satellite sits partway between Earth and the Sun and is designed primarily to monitor space weather like the eruption currently witnessed. Live images of the comet and the eruptive event are available at the SOHO website to anyone with an Internet connection.
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://www******.com/php/multimedia...The horizontal line running through the comet's%20head%20is%20an%20artifact%20caused%20by%20saturation%20of%20the%20imager.%20The%20circle%20in%20the%20middle%20is%20created%20by%20a%20device%20that%20blocks%20out%20the%20main%20disk%20of%20the%20Sun.
