Ahead of next year's total solar eclipse, the last to occur in the U.S. until 2044, five NASA-funded research projects will study the Sun.
“The projects, which are led by researchers at different academic institutions, will study the Sun and its influence on Earth with a variety of instruments, including cameras aboard high-altitude research planes, ham radios, and more. Two of the projects also encourage participation from citizen scientists,” writes NASA.
to capture eclipse images from 50,000 feet above Earth’s surface. Since the images will be shot from above much of the Earth’s atmosphere, the team hopes to uncover new details about the middle and lower corona. The cameras and spectrometers will be used to study the composition of the corona and investigate “large bursts of solar material.”
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