corona

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Images of Miranda taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft reveal enormous ridges and steep cliffs known as coronae.

From Science Daily

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

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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."

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

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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