Why NASA says the total solar eclipse on Monday will be way cooler than any before it

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total solar eclipse shows dark circle of moon's shadow with white ring of light around it where the sun is peeking out
The 2017 total solar eclipsefrom atop Carroll Rim Trail at Painted Hills, a unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, near Mitchell, Oregon.

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A NASA probe flew straight through an explosion from the sun, and found a key clue to how solar storms form

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The sun blows out a coronal mass ejection, February 24, 2015.

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A giant eruption covered 'over half the sun,' then crashed into Earth nearly 12 hours earlier than forecast

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This filament formed on the sun, then erupted to send solar material speeding toward Earth.

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A NASA probe got slammed by a massive eruption from the sun — and caught it all on camera

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew through a massive CME and caught the whole thing on camera.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew through a massive CME and caught the whole thing on camera.

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