New findings using data from NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission offer unprecedented insight into the shape and nature of a structure important to black holes called a corona.

For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

Using data from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission, researchers have, for the first time, mapped the shape of this plasma region, helping to clarify how black holes consume ...

Similar to the Earth's sun and other stars, a black hole;s corona is essentially a super-heated atmosphere. As NASA states, they can reach temperatures of billions of degrees.

The new model worked well enough to successfully predict the shape of the entire corona when it became visible in the solar eclipse of 29 March 2006. Normally, the Sun’s surface is too bright to ...

Corona Island is located off the coast of Colombia, a short boat ride from Cartagena, on an island formerly known as Isla Arena. The secluded island is one of 27 of Rosario Islands archipelago which ...