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SOHO: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 4 December 2015 - Categories: Image of the week, Space exploration

Celebrate 20 years of uninterrupted views of our Sun. In December 1995, the ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) launched into space, eventually reaching around 1.5 million kilometres closer to the Sun. From protecting our planet to investigating how the …

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