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The sun's outermost layer, the elusive corona, was brighter, the moon appeared larger and the uncharacteristic darkness known as totality lasted just a bit longer.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
They can be displayed as bands, curtains, rays, or coronas.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
In 2018, astronomers observed that the black hole’s corona – a cloud of whirling, white-hot plasma – suddenly disappeared before reassembling months later.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
While there could be other explanations for the mysterious X-ray patterns, such as oscillations in the black hole’s corona, those are less understood.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
They can be displayed as bands, curtains, rays, or coronas.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
In 2018, astronomers observed that the black hole’s corona – a cloud of whirling, white-hot plasma – suddenly disappeared before reassembling months later.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
While there could be other explanations for the mysterious X-ray patterns, such as oscillations in the black hole’s corona, those are less understood.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Corona.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corona. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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