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SOHO/MDI and other SOHO Press Releases

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March 30, 2000

Touching the Heart of the Solar Dynamo Periodic variations in the strength of the rotation shear at the base of the convection zone have been detected with a combination of GONG and MDI observations.

• Science Magazine paper in 31 March 2000 issue (vol. 287,no. 5462)  (This is only accessible to subscribers.): Dynamic Variations at the Base of the Solar Convection Zone, R. Howe, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, F. Hill, R.W. Komm, R.M. Larsen, J. Schou, M.J. Thompson, J. Toomre , and Perspective by D. Gough

• The following are the press releases from sponsoring agencies and institutions.
  • NASA Press Release: Sun's Heartbeat May Help Unravel Mystery of Solar Cycle
    OSS Recent Space Science News
    
  • NSF Press Release: Solar "Heartbeat" Discovered
    
  • ESA Science Press Release: The Pulse of the Sun,s Dynamo
  
  
  • SOHO Hotshots : The pulse of the Sun's dynamo
  
  
  • Stanford Press Release in Stanford Report: Strange 'spin cycle' inside the sun may explain sunspots, solar flares and other mysteries
  
  
  • NOAO Press Release: The Beat Goes On - Inside the Sun
  
  
  • Univ of Colorado News: New Observations of Sun's Interior Shed Light on Magnetic Field Activity
  • Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias: IAC News

• Media Coverage

March 9, 2000

MDI Peers Through to the Otherside of the Sun Images of an active region on the far side of the Sun were derived by applying seismic holography to recent helioseismic observations from space.

• Science Magazine paper: Seismic Images of the Far Side of the Sun, C. Lindsey and D. C. Braun

• NASA Space Science Update: "SOHO Sees Right Through the Sun"

• ESA Press Release: "SOHO sees right through the Sun, and finds sunspots on the far side"

May 27, 1998

Solar Flare Leaves Sun Quaking [press release 27 May 1998] - Members of the SOI Science Team analyzing MDI data have shown for the first time that solar flares produce seismic waves in the Sun's interior that closely resemble those created by earthquakes on our planet. The researchers observed a flare-generated solar quake that contained about 40,000 times the energy released in the great earthquake that devastated San Francisco in 1906.

November 5, 1997

• NASA Space Science Update: "Solar Mystery Nears Solution with Data from SOHO Spacecraft"

  The following are news stories associated with the November 5, 1997 press conference.

  • ABC News Online: "What's heating the Sun's atmosphere"
    5 November 1997

  • Astronomy Picture of the Day: "The Magnetic Carpet Of The Sun"
    6 November 1997

  • San Jose Mercury News: "Palo Alto scientists shed light on the secrets of the Sun's halo"
    11 November 1997

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August 28, 1997

• NASA Space Science Update: "Plasma Rivers Discovered inside Sun"

  The following are news stories associated with the August 28, 1997 press conference.

  • CNN Sci-Tech: "Giant Rivers of Plasma Seen on the Sun"
    28 August 1997

  • Time Magazine: "Sun Shines for NASA Probe"
    28 August 1997

  • Associated Press: Florida Today, Space Online: "Superhot Plasma Flows Found on the Sun"
    29 August 1997

    San Francisco Chronicle: "New Data Illuminate How Sun Works"
    29 August 1997

  • NPR: Rundown for Sounds Like Science: "Sun Sounds"
    30 August 1997

  • Washington Post: "Solar Probe Offers New and Closer Look at Everything Under the Sun"
    1 September 1997

  • Science News Online: " Spacecraft Probes Beneath Sun's Surface"
    September 6, 1997, Volume 152, Number 10.

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February 14, 1997

• NASA: "Thought-Provoking Imagery Shows Sun's Place in the Galaxy"
  

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December 17, 1996: Press Conference held at AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco

• Stanford press release: "Pinning Down the Position of the Solar Dynamo"

• J. Kuhn press release: "Solar Corrugation"

The following are news stories associated with the December 17 press conference:

• Associated Press: "New Images Find Mountains on Sun's Surface"
  18 December 1996

• Christian Science Monitor: "Satellite Images Show Our 'Round' Sun to be a Bit Knobby"
  18 December 1996

• San Francisco Examiner: "Satellite Discovers the Sun is Covered with Bumps"
  18 December 1996

• San Jose (CA) Mercury: "Hills, Valleys Found on Surface of Sun"
  18 December 1996

• Los Angeles Times: "New Images Show Sun is Covered by Wide Mountains of Hot Gases"
  20 December 1996

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December 2, 1996: First Anniversary of SOHO Launch

• ESA: "SOHO Celebrates Its First Year in Space With New Results on the Solar Wind"
  

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May 2, 1996

The first press conferences announcing SOHO scientific results were held in Paris and Washington, D.C. on 2 May 1996. Following are press releases associated with these news conferences:

• NetNews: ``SOHO Unmasks the Sun: Presentation of First Results''
  A press release issued in advance of the ESA Paris press conference
  23 April 1996
  

• European Space Agency: ``New Observatory Shows Sun Spewing Huge Flames''
  2 May 1996
  

• NASA: ``Unexpectedly Active Sun and New Insights Into Solar Plumes Found''
  2 May 1996
  

• CNN: ``Solar Plumes Spellbind Scientists''
  2 May 1996
  (Link to CNN page with graphics)

• New York Times: ``Even `Quiet,' Sun Is Found Very Turbulent''
  3 May 1996
  

• Royal Astronomical Society, UK: ``Space Experiment Logs `Weather' on the Sun''
  3 May 1996