Recently Discovered Comet Seen Flying Past the Sun During Total Solar Eclipse
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun…
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Incredible Satellite View of the Moon’s Shadow Crossing the Surface of Earth During the Total Solar Eclipse
The first and only total solar eclipse of 2020 occurred on December 14, with the path of totality stretching from the equatorial Pacific to the…
Surprise on Mars – Unexpected Reaction to Solar Eclipses From Martian Moon Phobos
NASA’s InSight mission provides data from the surface of Mars. Its seismometer, equipped with electronics built at ETH Zurich, not only records marsquakes, but unexpectedly…
Moon Mountains Magnified During Ring of Fire Eclipse
What are those dark streaks in this composite image of yesterday’s solar eclipse? They are reversed shadows of mountains at the edge of the Moon….
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views Total Solar Eclipse
On Sunday, February 11, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a total solar eclipse in space when Earth crossed its view of the…
NASA Science from the Moon’s Shadow
On December 11, 2017, six researchers discussed initial findings based on observations of the Sun and on Earth gathered during the solar eclipse that stretched…
Hinode Satellite Captures August 21 Eclipse Images, Video
Credits: JAXA/NASA By assembling still images from the Hinode Solar Observation Satellite, scientists from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan…
Get Ready to Explore the August 21 Total Solar Eclipse
Prepare for the total solar eclipse that will travel over parts of North America on August 21, 2017 with help from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
Safety Tips for Viewing the August Solar Eclipse
NASA has released information and safety tips for viewing the upcoming August 21st solar eclipse. More than 300 million people in the United States potentially…
NASA Video of March 8 Solar Eclipse Totality
This four minute video shows the period of total eclipse, called totality, from March 8. The moon passes in front of the sun, creating a…
Terra Satellite Sees Shadows of Solar Eclipse in the Arctic Ocean
NASA’s Terra satellite captured this view of the clouds in the Arctic Ocean during last week’s total solar eclipse. During the morning of March 20,…
Shadow of the Moon – A Total Solar Eclipse
This short video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center presents several visualizations of the total solar eclipse that will take place on March 20th. On…
New ScienceCast Video Details Coming Sunset Solar Eclipse
A new three minute ScienceCast video details the partial solar eclipse that will be visible in most of the United States on October 23rd. ScienceCasts:…
A Unique View of a Solar Eclipse
By combining images from the SOHO satellite and Proba-2 satellite with ground-based images, scientists created this uniquely detailed view of a recent solar eclipse. The…