A partial solar eclipse for northern and western Australia
This Wednesday, March 9, the sun and moon will meet together in the daytime sky.
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NASA's science during the March 2016 total solar eclipse
As the moon slowly covers the face of the sun on the morning of March 9, 2016, in Indonesia, a team of NASA scientists will be anxiously awaiting the start of totality – because at that moment, their countdown clock begins. ...
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Image: Eclipse season begins for NASA's SDO
The 2016 spring eclipse season of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory began Feb. 19, 2016. These seasons – a time when Earth blocks SDO's view of the sun for a period of time each day – last around three weeks and happen ...
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2016
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Longest-lasting stellar eclipse discovered
Imagine living on a world where, every 69 years, the sun disappears in a near-total eclipse that lasts for three and a half years.
Astronomy
Feb 18, 2016
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Exploring the solar system—the best of what you can look out for in 2016
This year is shaping up to be another exciting one for space after a bonanza of discoveries and celestial events in 2015.
Space Exploration
Jan 8, 2016
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The top 101 astronomical events for 2016
Here it is… our year end look at upcoming events in a sky near you. This is not a top 10 listicle, and not a full-fledged almanac, but hopefully, something special and unique in between. And as always, some of the events ...
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Dec 29, 2015
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The archaeology of astronomy – finding 120-year-old observations
In the basement under the Niels Bohr Institute building on Juliane Maries Vej in Copenhagen they have found astronomical observations that go more than 120 years back in time. The observations were recorded on thin photographic ...
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Dec 9, 2015
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Gold and platinum offer clues about the moon's mysterious tilt
A total solar eclipse occurs somewhere on Earth about once every year and a half, on average. But imagine if it happened every single month. For this to be the case, the moon would have to orbit Earth in the same plane in ...
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2015
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Why aren't there eclipses every month?
If the sun, Earth and moon are lined up, shouldn't we get a lunar and solar eclipse every month? Clearly, we don't, but why not?
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Nov 16, 2015
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Could solar eclipses disrupt electricity in Germany?
Could a solar eclipse over Europe during the day affect the power generated by Germany's photovoltaic systems or solar panels, thereby challenging the reliability of the electrical supply across the country?
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