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During that time, the moon will appear mostly dark, which will give the astronauts a chance to observe the sun’s corona and look for flashes of light from rocky objects smacking into the moon.
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
The eclipse won’t be visible from Earth — only from the Orion capsule — treating the astronauts to several minutes’ worth of views of the sun’s outermost, radiating atmosphere, the corona.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
With the corona, shadow bands, Baily’s beads, crashing light levels and a sudden drop in temperature, drama is assured.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
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Denise Chow, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
The eclipse won’t be visible from Earth — only from the Orion capsule — treating the astronauts to several minutes’ worth of views of the sun’s outermost, radiating atmosphere, the corona.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
With the corona, shadow bands, Baily’s beads, crashing light levels and a sudden drop in temperature, drama is assured.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corona
aura
Noun
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As if the architecture alone is not enough to book this listing, its status as the former home of French poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert adds an aura of literary mystique.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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As to the actual debate, there was an aura of unreality among the Democrats.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Corona.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corona. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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