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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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.
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Aug 18, 2017
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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.
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Aug 18, 2017
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NASA research plane 'kicking off the show' during total eclipse
A NASA research plane, with the agency's science director onboard, will fly out of Boeing Field in Seattle on Aug. 21, to capture the first video of the total solar eclipse as it sweeps ashore at the Oregon coast.
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Aug 15, 2017
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Partial eclipse of the sun visible across UK
If the weather is good, viewers across the UK will be treated to a partial solar eclipse on 21 August 2017, just before sunset. In a partial eclipse, a small bite out of the Sun can be seen at the mid-eclipse point, as it ...
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Aug 15, 2017
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Image: A partial solar eclipse seen from space
Thanks to a quirk of our cosmos, the moon's average distance from Earth is just right for it to appear as the same size in the sky as the significantly larger sun. Once in a while the moon slides directly between Earth and ...
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Aug 14, 2017
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Those maps of eclipse's path? 'Wrong,' experts say—off by up to a half-mile at edge
Anyone who has been using online maps to decide where they intend to view the historic Aug. 21 total eclipse of the sun may want to take another look.
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Aug 11, 2017
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What should you look for during the total solar eclipse? A few out-of-this world highlights
With your solar glasses or a special viewer, watch for the partial phases of the eclipse as the moon passes over the sun, a stage that lasts for a few hours. But during those seconds or moments you see the full eclipse, you ...
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Aug 11, 2017
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Science Says: Solar specs needed for safe viewing of eclipse
With the total solar eclipse right around the cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive.
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Aug 10, 2017
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Megamovie app makes photographing total eclipse a snap
The Eclipse Megamovie project has released an app that makes it easy for citizen scientists with smart phones to photograph the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse and upload the images to the project, a collaboration between the ...
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Aug 10, 2017
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