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Observers in Greenland's Scoresby Sund, Iceland's Reykjanes and Snæfellsnes peninsulas, and the Spanish cities of Leon, Burgos and Valladolid will be within the path and see the sun's ghostly corona.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Forecasters say the event is caused by a coronal mass ejection, a large expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona, that will pass by Earth after occurring on Dec. 20.
—James Powel, USA Today, 22 Dec. 2025
Once released into space by a star, coronal mass ejections create a burst of radio waves while passing through the outer stellar atmosphere, called the corona.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
This week's severe geomagnetic storm was caused by a CME, in which a burst of plasma and magnetic field is released from the sun's corona.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Forecasters say the event is caused by a coronal mass ejection, a large expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona, that will pass by Earth after occurring on Dec. 20.
—James Powel, USA Today, 22 Dec. 2025
Once released into space by a star, coronal mass ejections create a burst of radio waves while passing through the outer stellar atmosphere, called the corona.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
This week's severe geomagnetic storm was caused by a CME, in which a burst of plasma and magnetic field is released from the sun's corona.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corona
aura
Noun
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Plus crimson auras and tortoiseshell patterns.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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With the back strap pushed forward in relaxed mode (versus sport mode when the strap is in back), Jeanty exuded a laidback aura.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Corona.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corona. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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