NASA team to fly first-ever coronagraph to determine the formation of the solar wind

An observational technique first proposed more than four decades ago to measure the physical parameters of the corona that determine the formation of the solar wind—the source of disturbances in Earth's upper atmosphere—will be demonstrated for the first time next year. These parameters are the density, temperature, and speed of electrons in the corona.

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