Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the sun's outer atmosphere, using one of nature's rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses.

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A solar eclipse is a rare, visually striking phenomenon. The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, temporarily hiding our star – a geometrical alignment spanning millions of miles. A partial solar ...

Reading time: 2 minutes A solar prominence erupting on June 7, 2011, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. (Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory) Researchers at the University of ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, using one of nature’s rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses.