US post offices in path of eclipse offer special postmarks
More than 110 U.S. Postal Service offices are offering special postmarks for Monday's total solar eclipse.
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NASA launches last of its longtime tracking satellites
NASA launched the last of its longtime tracking and communication satellites on Friday, a vital link to astronauts in orbit as well as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Image: Jupiter—a new point of view
This striking Jovian vista was created by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft.
ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses
Astrophysicists are joining sightseers in watching Monday's total solar eclipse across North America but, in the decade to come, they will be viewing eclipses that last for hours instead of a few minutes – thanks to a pioneering ...
Large asteroid to safely pass earth on September 1
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest ...
Chasing eclipses across the globe is a way of life for some
While Monday's total solar eclipse in the U.S. will be a once-in-a-lifetime sky show for millions, there's a small group of people who have experienced it all before and they can't get enough of it.
Facts about the US solar eclipse on August 21
On Monday, August 21, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will march across the entire United States.
Of demons and dragons - the history of solar eclipses
A dragon eating the Sun. Make that a giant toad. A demon. No, a vampire!
First eclipse in 99 years to sweep North America
The first total solar eclipse to sweep North America in nearly a century will march across the continent August 21, casting a shadow over millions of people from coast to coast.
Grand Teton park to outshine bigger Yellowstone for eclipse
Its jagged, soaring peaks rise high over northwest Wyoming, but Grand Teton National Park is always in the shadow of its world-renowned neighbor, Yellowstone National Park.
