🔬 NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moons Shadow For Eclipse
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Phys.org · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at the right time.
Key points
- 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface.
- Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at the right time.
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