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Small Magnetic Fields Have a Big Impact on the Sun's Atmosphere


brilliant Sun is a layer of diffuse plasma known as the corona. You can't see it most of the time, but if you happen to experience a total eclipse, the corona is the glow that surrounds the shadow of the Moon.

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