The Solar Corona

Highlights

• ›A million-degree atmosphere, source of the solar wind

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• The Transition Region
• Solar Wind
• Coronal Holes
• Coronal Loop
• Coronal Streamer
• The Coronal Heating Problem
• SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)

Across solar physics

• The Transition Region
• Prominence
• Spicule
• Coronal Loop
• Coronal Streamer
• Polar Coronal Plume
• Magnetic Reconnection
• The Coronal Heating Problem
• Nanoflare Heating

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Transition Region
• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withThe Transition Region
• Associated withSolar Wind
• Associated withCoronal Holes
• Associated withCoronal Loop
• Associated withCoronal Streamer
• Associated withThe Coronal Heating Problem
• Associated withSOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)
• Associated withProminence
• Associated withSpicule
• Associated withCoronal Loop
• Associated withCoronal Streamer
• Associated withPolar Coronal Plume
• Associated withMagnetic Reconnection
• Associated withThe Coronal Heating Problem
• Associated withNanoflare Heating

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.