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

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

The corona, visible during total solar eclipses, can exceed one million degrees Celsius -- hot enough to propel charged particles outward as the solar wind that fills our solar system.

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