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corona

[kuh-roh-nuh] / kəˈroʊ nə /


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The astronauts will then have the chance to study the solar corona, the outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere, which will become visible as a sort of glowing halo.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Coronal Mass Ejections are huge bursts of charged plasma travelling at millions of miles an hour that explode out of the Sun's outer atmosphere or corona.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Researchers have made a major leap in solar physics by finding the first direct evidence of small-scale torsional Alfvén waves within the Sun's corona.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

"At present, models assume that the distribution of various elements in the corona is constant throughout space and time, which clearly isn't the case," said Benavitz.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

La Corona: “La corona más grande y preciosa le pertenece a una reina humilde.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall