NASA’s sky-high eclipse mission reveals the Sun’s hidden fireworks
NASA will fly a WB-57 research plane at about 50,000 feet off Iceland to chase a total solar eclipse, using high-speed cameras to capture the Sun’s corona—prominences and nanoflares—in order to extend totality for nearly three minutes and gather data that improves understanding of solar physics and space weather, a method favored over ground- or space-based observations for its data richness despite harsh conditions, building on a long history of eclipse missions.
