For most folks on Earth, the spectacular sight of the sun’s fiery corona can be witnessed only during a total solar eclipse. But even before the widely watched astronomical event on April 8 ...

In areas that will experience the full total solar eclipse, the sun’s corona will be viewable. The corona is the sun’s outermost part of its atmosphere. Typically, the corona is not viewable ...

That was the case in 2019 during a total eclipse in Chile: But with solar maximum slated for sometime in mid-2024, scientists anticipate the most dynamic corona possible. “The more solar ...

With the solar cycle set to peak earlier than predicted, the sun's corona should look its spectacular spiky best for April 8's total solar eclipse. A dramatic view of the sun at' solar maximum ...

with the light of the sun’s corona dancing in the sky. I don’t think I took my eyes from it the entire 2 1/2 minutes. What happen if you look at the eclipse? Why the total solar eclipse is ...

During a total eclipse, the sun’s blazing corona and “diamond ring” of light oozing outside the lunar disk just before and after totality are the main spectacle. But I was just as transfixed ...

"The corona is often captured during the partial phases of annular and total eclipses, but no one ever tried to capture it during a partial eclipse," exclaimed Mike Kentrianakis, an eclipse chaser ...

Until recently, astronomers and eclipse chasers assumed that the solar corona could be observed only during the totality phase of a total solar eclipse, when the moon completely blocks the sun's ...