This is the Guardian. Everybody's starting to cheer. I like cry. I gotta feel like crying.

This is so...

Yesterday, a strip of Mexico, then Texas through Illinois and Ohio to Maine and finally a section of Newfoundland

were all plunged into darkness.

We are at Total Eclipse.

Boy, it has really, really gotten dark here. Some fireworks are starting

to go off on the other side of the lake. But as millions of people gazed up in wonder, scientists got to work.

We are observing the Corona to try to find clues as to how it can be so hot,

and also other things such as how large solar storms evolve and are created.

The solar eclipse was special.

Not only was the totality where the moon totally blocks the sun's light, visible during the day from

accessible land, it also lasted for four minutes, giving solar scientists, atmospheric researchers, and even biologists,

a rare opportunity to ask some interesting questions.

When bonobos get anxious or when there's tension in the group, they actually have sexual

behavior including homosexual behavior. And so if the eclipse somehow triggers anxiety in animals,

then it will be interesting to see if they mitigate it in that peculiar way that bonobos tends to do.

So today we're finding out why this celestial event was so exciting for scientists and what they're hoping to discover. From The Guardian, I'm Madeline Finley,

and this is Science Weekly.

I caught up with Professor Hugh Morgan who leads the Solar System physics group at

Abariswith University before the eclipse. His team are investigating a long-standing puzzle about the sun's atmosphere or the Corona.

So what's the mystery?

The Corona holds several mysteries actually and one of them is why is it so hot so it's a

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