Scientists Explore Extended and Artificial Solar Eclipses for Solar Insights
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Scientists are developing MESOM, a space mission that aims to observe around 80 total solar eclipses in space, potentially lasting up to 48 minutes, to better understand the sun's corona and space weather phenomena. The mission, if approved, could be in orbit by 2026-28 and would provide unprecedented views of the sun's outer atmosphere.
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