2017 Annual Report

Science News | AUGUST 21, 2017 SPECTACULAR SCIENCE August’s Great American Eclipse was much more than a spectacle. As the moon passed in front of the sun, sci- entists asked some serious questions. Many had to do with the solar corona, the outermost region of the sun’s atmosphere. Best observed during a total eclipse, the corona is where the solar wind originates, where loopy magnetic structures are anchored and where space weather gets its start.

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