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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.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Check it out: Video: Rhett Allain This is what occurs at the peak of the solar cycle: Erupting magnetic fields pull those free electrons and protons out of the corona and fling them into space at speeds up to 1.5 million miles per hour.
—Rhett Allain, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
The solar wind is a consistent stream of protons and electrons from the sun's outermost atmosphere, also known as the corona, per Space.com.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The geomagnetic storm is a coronal mass ejection (CME), which are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's atmosphere known as the corona, according to Space.com.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 June 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
Check it out: Video: Rhett Allain This is what occurs at the peak of the solar cycle: Erupting magnetic fields pull those free electrons and protons out of the corona and fling them into space at speeds up to 1.5 million miles per hour.
—Rhett Allain, Wired News, 12 Nov. 2025
The solar wind is a consistent stream of protons and electrons from the sun's outermost atmosphere, also known as the corona, per Space.com.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The geomagnetic storm is a coronal mass ejection (CME), which are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's atmosphere known as the corona, according to Space.com.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 25 June 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 14 Jan. 2026.
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