Science news articles about 'eclipses'

Eager skywatchers are sparing no expense to get the best views of this summer's total eclipse of the sun, with some booking flights around the High Arctic to watch the celestial phenomenon unfold ...

... BCE, the same day that astronomers had calculated the occurrence of a total solar eclipse. "Not only is this corroborative evidence that this date might be something important," Magnasco says, "but ...

Skygazers are sending a strong message to northern Canadians keen on watching next month's solar eclipse: never look directly at it, or else risk permanent vision damage.

Parts of the Northern Hemisphere will soon see a rare total solar eclipse. Find out how it works, where to watch, and more.

Observers will chase an eclipse further north than ever before.

The Chinese have chronicled solar eclipses for more than four millennia, with myths, politics, and possibly a fear of beheading driving the earliest innovations in prediction techniques.

In Siberia for the August 1 solar eclipse, an astronomer shares insights on the upcoming event and 30 years of staring at the sun—or at least its hottest feature.

... , China (Reuters) - Darkness fell on Friday over the last outpost of the Great Wall of China, where a rare total solar eclipse delighted skywatchers a week before the Olympics open in Beijing.

People across the world will have the chance to see a partial eclipse of the Moon on the 16th August.

The annular solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia and Australia on Monday, Jan. 26.

A modest eclipse of the moon will occur early Monday morning, Feb 9.

For the first time, a spacecraft from Earth has captured hi-resolution video of a solar eclipse while orbiting another world.

... eclipses scheduled to occur in the coming years and decades. The model can also be configured to show how the eclipse would appear from any geographical perspective on Earth – the same eclipse would ...

... of these particular waves in the magnetic field that are heating the corona." The study of eclipses, Pasachoff says, has been enhanced by advances in computer imaging that make it possible to "bring ...

Championing the modern-day use of solar eclipses to solve a set of modern problems is the goal of a review article written by Jay Pasachoff, visiting associate at the California Institute of ...