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  • Released Tuesday, September 29, 2015
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
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A sun-observing spacecraft discovers its 3,000th comet.

A sun-observing spacecraft discovers its 3,000th comet.

Find out more about the SOHO mission and how the spacecraft finds comets in this video.

SOHO observes the space surrounding the sun by blocking out the bright light from its disk (white circle) and inner atmosphere (red circle).

SOHO observes the space surrounding the sun by blocking out the bright light from its disk (white circle) and inner atmosphere (red circle).

Comets streaming toward the sun, like the one in the lower-right corner, often show up in images taken by the spacecraft.

Comets streaming toward the sun, like the one in the lower-right corner, often show up in images taken by the spacecraft.

Launched in 1995, SOHO has monitored the sun for nearly 20 years from a distance of about 930,000 miles from Earth.

Launched in 1995, SOHO has monitored the sun for nearly 20 years from a distance of about 930,000 miles from Earth.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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