NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory which is commonly referred to as SOHO, captured a rare comet moving past the sun between the dates of February 18th and 21st.
NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory which is commonly referred to as SOHO, captured a comet moving past the sun between the dates of February 18th and 21st.
This comet is actually called a "non-group comet", as it's not from an identified family. NASA notes, "Most comets seen by SOHO belong to the Kreutz family – all of which broke off from a single giant comet many centuries ago."
That aspect makes the sighting rather interesting, as does the fact t
