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Parker Solar Probe captures a phenomenon observed during eclipses — watch

by Jennifer Walter
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

In a total solar eclipse, the Moon almost entirely blocks out our view of the Sun — except for its corona.

That ghostly, uneven ring around the Sun is its outer atmosphere.

Bursts of electromagnetic energy shoot outward, but some are still tethered by the Sun’s gravity.

NASA/SDO
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