"2024 Total Solar Eclipse: NASA Jets to Chase at 460 mph"

NASA is deploying two WB-57 jet planes to chase the total solar eclipse on April 8, using special instruments to study the sun's corona and its impact on Earth's ionosphere. The jets will fly at 460 mph to extend the observed totality time by 25%, allowing for more data acquisition. The experiments aim to better understand the corona's structure and temperature, study coronal mass ejections, and measure the effect of the eclipse on Earth's ionosphere.