corona

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The findings suggest the black hole is growing at an extreme pace while still maintaining an active corona and a powerful jet.

From Science Daily

As ultraviolet rays travel outward, they pass through clouds of highly energized particles located very close to the black hole, a region known as the "corona."

From Science Daily

By blocking out the direct light coming from the Sun, the instrument can see light from the surrounding atmosphere, called the corona.

From Science Daily

In other words, the coronagraph acts like an artificial Moon, blocking the Sun's bright surface to let scientists continuously observe its faint outer corona -something the real Moon does only during eclipses.

From BBC

Coronal Mass Ejections are huge bursts of charged plasma travelling at millions of miles an hour that explode out of the Sun's outer atmosphere or corona.

From BBC