Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

  • Released Monday, November 30th, 2015
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:49PM
  • ID: 20230

The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) project is a cooperative effort between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. SOHO was designed to study the internal structure of the Sun, its extensive outer atmosphere and the origin of the solar wind, the stream of highly ionized gas that blows continuously outward through the Solar System.



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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab


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