Our Sun, like many stars, is adorned with a crown. It’s called a corona (Latin for “crown” or “wreath”) and consists of long, thread-like strands of plasma billowing out from the Sun’s surface. The powerful magnetic field of the Sun defines these strands, causing them to ripple and evolve their structures constantly. The strands are […]
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2024 Solar Eclipse, Eclipses, Heliophysics, Skywatching, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Solar Eclipses, Space Weather, The Sun
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April 2, 2024
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