NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science

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NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science

NASA · Official source · Aug 26, 2026, 5:33 PM UTC

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 exactly the right time.…

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