corona

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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

This points to changes in how the accretion disk and corona interact over roughly the last 6.5 billions of years.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

In other words, the coronagraph acts like an artificial Moon, blocking the Sun's bright surface to let scientists continuously observe its faint outer corona -something the real Moon does only during eclipses.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The team anticipates this discovery will spark further investigations into how these waves propagate and dissipate energy in the corona.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

The currency was called the corona, but he couldn’t tell any more than that.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman