Scientists accurately simulate appearance of sun's corona during eclipse

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Scientists simulated the appearance of the Suns corona during a March 2006 solar eclipse. Credit: Science Applications International Corporation and NASA
Scientists simulated the appearance of the Sun's corona during a March, 2006, solar eclipse. Credit: Science Applications International Corporation and NASA

The most true-to-life computer simulation ever made of our sun's multimillion-degree outer atmosphere, the corona, successfully predicted its actual appearance during the March 29, 2006, solar eclipse, scientists have announced.


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