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Media Advisory 17-007

Solar Eclipse 2017 Media Event

NSF shares upcoming science plans as part of NASA Television event June 21 detailing the 'Great American Eclipse'

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Sun's corona

Total solar eclipses allow researchers a unique opportunity to study the sun's corona, which in turn informs what we know about space weather.

Credit: National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory/NSF


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