Why the 2024 total solar eclipse will be such a big deal
A particularly active sun will make for spectacular viewing and science opportunities
![White tendrils in the solar corona frame a heavily shadowed moon during a solar eclipse](jpg/120423_jr_eclipse2024_featb14e.jpg)
The sun’s corona is on full display in this composition of 161 photographs taken from Mitchell, Ore., during the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse.
Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Shadia Habbal/NASA Goddard, Joy Ng