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The other end of an eclipse

As the annular eclipse on May 20 sent skywatchers around the globe gazing upwards to see the Sun get darkened by the Moon’s silhouette, NASA’s Terra satellite caught the other side of the event: ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hinode witnesses solar eclipse

(Phys.org) -- Spectacular images from the Hinode spacecraft show the solar eclipse, which darkened the sky in parts of the Western United States and Southeast Asia yesterday.

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Proba-2 catches solar eclipse

(Phys.org) -- Europe missed Sunday’s solar eclipse on the other side of the planet but ESA’s space weather microsatellite Proba-2 passed repeatedly through the Moon’s shadow.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Astronomers seize last chance in lifetime for Venus Transit

Astronomers are gearing for one the rarest events in the Solar System: an alignment of Earth, Venus and the Sun that will not be seen for another 105 years.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet's geological history

(Phys.org) -- ESA's Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus' equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found ...

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First map of Australia's Twittersphere

The first map of the Australian 'Twittersphere' has been generated by researchers at QUT.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Webcasts push solar eclipse to the masses

(AP) -- It was one of the best places in the western United States to watch the annular solar eclipse, and people drove for days just to get to this dusty stretch west of Albuquerque.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Eclipse crosses Asia, US: Millions look skyward

From a park near Albuquerque, to the top of Japan's Mount Fuji, to the California coast the effect was dramatic: The moon nearly blotting out the sun creating a blazing "ring of fire."

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Japan readies for 'ring' solar eclipse

Special darkened glasses were selling out in Japan on Friday as anticipation built ahead of a "ring" solar eclipse above one of the most densely populated parts of the planet.

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Solar eclipse this weekend

Something strange is about to happen to the shadows beneath your feet.

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse

At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21.

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Astronomer urges researchers everywhere to study Venus transit

(Phys.org) -- Jay Pasachoff, Director of Hopkins Observatory, Chair of the Astronomy Department at Williams College and Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, has written a commentary piece published in the ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star

The study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star ...

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The Sun's crowning glory

(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...

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created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Newfound exoplanet may turn to dust

Researchers at MIT, NASA and elsewhere have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast