Eclipse viewing safety: Keeping your & your kid's vision safe
People preparing to watch Monday's total eclipse of the sun need to protect their vision during the event, eye doctors say.
People preparing to watch Monday's total eclipse of the sun need to protect their vision during the event, eye doctors say.
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has observed a merging galaxy system known as B14-65666, dubbed "Big Three Dragons." ...
If you're nowhere near the path of totality or if clouds spoil your view, you can still catch the total solar eclipse online.
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby merging galaxy known as NGC 3256. Results of the observational campaign, presented March 21 on the pre-print server arXiv, ...
On April 8, North America will experience a total solar eclipse, stretching across parts of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, with approximately 31.6 million people living in the path of totality. According to NASA, every contiguous ...
Space Exploration
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When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on April 8, scientists will be able to gather invaluable data on everything from the sun's atmosphere to strange animal behaviors—and even possible effects on ...
Planetary Sciences
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Finding water on distant planets and moons in our solar system is a challenge, especially when the instrument is thousands of kilometers away from the surface, but scientists presenting at the European Geosciences Union General ...
Astrobiology
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NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth's upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet.
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A surprise appearance of a new comet made the April 8 total solar eclipse all the more memorable.
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