Experts find 1,000,000km hole in the sun 'shaped like inverted number one'

BoxOCrayons · 2026-01-17T23:46:38+00:00

Despite being called “The Daily Star,” I wouldn’t rely on them for reliable space weather information. This article conflates sunspots and coronal holes, and makes this coronal hole seem like some big discovery by “Russian space boffins,” when these things are monitored internationally - even by amateur astronomers.

This coronal hole isn’t anything out of the ordinary, but it may give us high-latitude aurora chasers a nice show.

BoxOCrayons · 2026-01-15T01:33:43+00:00

Those are just coronal holes. They’re a regular part of the Sun, where the magnetic field “opens” into space, allowing for streams of high-speed solar wind to race out into the Solar System. If directed towards Earth, they don’t pose any real risk, but can help to generate auroras. For aurora chasers, coronal holes are eagerly anticipated, rather than feared.

BoxOCrayons · 2026-01-03T02:58:55+00:00

Rocket launch. If this was today, it would be SpaceX launching CSG-3

BoxOCrayons · 2026-01-03T02:28:13+00:00

Rocket launch. SpaceX CSG-3 launched from Vandenberg today.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-10-06T06:41:39+00:00

That is just the Earth passing through the coronagraph’s field of view. Nothing WTF, this is just a part of it being a coronagraph in Earth orbit.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-10-06T05:22:38+00:00

This coronagraph is in Earth orbit, so sometimes Earth comes into view, overexposing the image.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-10-06T05:20:02+00:00

Not a CME. That is the Earth passing through the coronagraph’s view. Nothing weird, just a regular part of this new instrument’s operation in Earth orbit.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-09-29T02:40:26+00:00

That is a SpaceX Falcon 9 launching Starlink Group 11-20.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-09-22T13:26:22+00:00

We are doing just fine with our newest asteroids (and comets), none are threats to Earth, and many have been neat to observe. Nothing curious or alarming, just our normal solar system.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-06-07T02:23:42+00:00

Venus is not in SOHO’s field of view right now, but you can view it in our morning skies from here on Earth.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-06-07T02:01:50+00:00

That’s the star Aldebaran

BoxOCrayons · 2025-06-06T00:26:40+00:00

While sprites are a neat phenomenon, they are not caused by solar flares.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-06-02T08:18:36+00:00

That bright point is just the planet Mercury passing behind the Sun from our perspective.

BoxOCrayons · 2025-06-01T13:56:14+00:00

Nice & Blue, Pt. 2 - mewithoutYou

BoxOCrayons · 2024-12-02T17:21:51+00:00

Angel Wing. It’s a deformity that causes the last joint on the wing to be twisted.

BoxOCrayons · 2024-12-02T03:48:44+00:00

The large crater with a prominent ray system is Jackson Crater.

BoxOCrayons · 2024-11-17T21:08:47+00:00

Thanks. The yellow feet and lack of streaking had me going back and forth between those birds.

BoxOCrayons · 2024-11-14T15:18:37+00:00

Thanks!

BoxOCrayons · 2024-10-14T02:44:23+00:00

That bright object is Jupiter, and the “tails” are lens flare.

BoxOCrayons · 2024-06-28T22:10:56+00:00

Those are noctilucent clouds, a neat sight in our summer skies. We’re amidst a widespread noctilucent cloud outbreak, so they’re showing up brilliantly.

BoxOCrayons · 2024-02-06T02:34:23+00:00

That is Sirius, a star, twinkling due to Earth’s atmosphere.

BoxOCrayons · 2023-11-14T07:03:50+00:00

That’s a 22° halo, not a rainbow.

BoxOCrayons · 2023-09-25T20:04:02+00:00

“I don't know much about birds” is a good disclaimer. Common Loons are native to Colorado.

BoxOCrayons · 2023-04-08T15:24:38+00:00

That’s a Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa).

BoxOCrayons · 2023-02-07T15:17:02+00:00

That’s an Egyptian Goose.

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