Sunrise special: Solar eclipse thrills world's northern tier
The top of the world got a sunrise special Thursday—a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
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Jun 10, 2021
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Solar eclipse chaser: What to expect from this week's partial eclipse
In December 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, I made the somewhat questionable decision to fly 11,200km from where I live in Belfast, Northern Ireland to Santiago, Chile. Then, I boarded a connecting two-hour flight and ...
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Jun 9, 2021
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'Ring of fire' solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
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Jun 20, 2020
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This summer's solar eclipses from the ends of the Earth
Solar eclipses will occur at opposite ends of the Earth this summer, 2018. Both will be merely partial solar eclipses as seen from the Earth's surface, not as dramatic as last summer's total solar eclipse whose path of totality ...
Space Exploration
Jul 9, 2018
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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.
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Aug 18, 2017
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NASA satellites ready when stars and planets align
The movements of the stars and the planets have almost no impact on life on Earth, but a few times per year, the alignment of celestial bodies has a visible effect. One of these geometric events—the spring equinox—is ...
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Mar 20, 2017
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Megamovie project to crowdsource images of August solar eclipse
With only six months to go before one of the most anticipated solar eclipses in a lifetime, the University of California, Berkeley, and Google are looking for citizen scientists to document and memorialize the event in a ...
Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2017
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African stargazers enjoy 'ring of fire' eclipse
Stargazers in south and central Africa were treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday with the Moon moving across the Sun to form a "ring of fire".
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2016
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'Ring of fire' eclipse for African stargazers
Stargazers in south and central Africa will be treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday when the Moon wanders into view to make the Sun appear as a "ring of fire", astronomers say.
Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2016
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Researchers observe solar eclipse's effects on weather
When the Moon abruptly cuts off sunlight from Earth at a total solar eclipse, our weather reacts to the sudden darkness. A new issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, the oldest surviving ...
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Aug 30, 2016
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