Tag: solar eclipse 2024
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Eclipse 2024: 5 of the best pictures of the total solar eclipse
[ad_1] The total solar eclipse that passed across North America on 8 April drew millions out to the path of totality – the thin strip of land across which the moon’s silhouette blocked out the entire disc of the sun. Even more gawked at the partial eclipse visible across most of the continent. Here are…
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When is the next total solar eclipse visible from the UK?
[ad_1] Total eclipses are only visible from a narrow strip of land Pitris/iStockphoto/Getty Images The total solar eclipse on 8 April will be visible from a path across North America. While people in Ireland and Scotland will glimpse a brief partial eclipse, those in the rest of Europe won’t see anything at all. Solar eclipses…
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Eclipse 2024 live: Watch the full NASA broadcast – latest
[ad_1] On 8 April, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Mexico, the US and Canada. This kind of eclipse only occurs when the sun and moon line up perfectly in the sky so the moon covers the entire disc of the sun, casting a shadow on Earth. The path that this shadow takes as…
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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality
[ad_1] Solar scientists have been preparing for years for a 4-minute window, during the total solar eclipse on 8 April, in which they will study the sun’s corona. Expectations are sky high for this total solar eclipse because totality – when the sun is entirely covered – will last up to 4 minutes and 27…
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5 solar eclipse activities to do with children
[ad_1] There are plenty of fun eclipse activities to do with kids Edwin Remsberg/Alamy If you are planning to enjoy the total solar eclipse on 8 April with your children, here are a few activities you can do with them before and during the eclipse, to help them understand what causes a solar eclipse and…
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How a total solar eclipse in 1919 left physicists ‘more or less agog’
[ad_1] A total solar eclipse from August 2017 seen above Jefferson City, Missouri (NASA/Rami Daud) The following is an extract from our monthly Launchpad newsletter, in which resident space expert Leah Crane journeys through the solar system and beyond. You can sign up for Launchpad for free here. It was 1919 when the moon did a…
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ESA’s Proba-3 mission will create an eclipse on demand to study sun
[ad_1] The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission comprises a pair of satellites that will orbit the sun to give an unprecedented view of its outer atmosphere, or corona. The aim is to help scientists improve their understanding of phenomena such as the solar wind and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). “We are still not sure how…
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Why we study the sun’s corona during a total solar eclipse
[ad_1] A total solar eclipse is coming to North America on 8 April, offering researchers a rare opportunity to study the sun’s corona, its outermost layer. This year, Shadia Habbal, a solar eclipse researcher at the University of Hawaii, is hoping to record and analyse coronal mass ejections, which occur when the sun’s churning magnetic…
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How solar eclipses have been revealing cosmic secrets for centuries
[ad_1] A total solar eclipse is a great opportunity to learn more about the sun ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium A total solar eclipse occurs somewhere on Earth about every 18 months, and that has been the case for all of human history. Naturally, people have been studying these dramatic events for just as long, with…
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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April’s solar eclipse
[ad_1] NASA’s WB-57 research jets will be used to study the eclipse Amir Caspi Across North America, solar scientists will be studying April’s total solar eclipse to view the strangest part of the sun: the corona. Seen fleetingly as a bright halo that appears only during totality, it is a million times dimmer than the rest…