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Solar Eclipse October 13, 2018

Bees briefly ceased to buzz during total solar eclipse, study finds

For just a few minutes during last year’s total solar eclipse, a small creature ceased to buzz: bees.

Solar Eclipse August 16, 2018

Satellite sees double when snapping solar eclipse pictures from space

A new image of a solar eclipse will have you seeing double.

Solar Eclipse August 3, 2018

Amazing photo reveals a lunar eclipse like you've never seen it before

If you've ever stood in the totality of a solar eclipse, you've seen something astonishing: the full width of the moon's dark shadow blocking out the sun, perfectly encircled by the dim, wispy rays of the sun's corona. And if you've also stood outside during a lunar eclipse, you might know that the effect is somewhat less dramatic. As Earth's shadow falls on the moon, it quickly swallows the smaller orbiting rock. The effect of the moon glowing bloody red with Earth's refracted twilight is beautiful, but the effect doesn't fully convey the scale of the astronomical phenomenon at work in the same in-your-face way as happens during a solar eclipse. The moon, much smaller than Earth's shadow, never shows the whole thing on its surface.

Solar Eclipse July 26, 2018

Here's how Friday's superlong lunar eclipse works

Have you ever noticed that when there's a solar or lunar eclipse, an eclipse of the other variety comes two weeks before or after?

Solar Eclipse July 26, 2018

Blood moons have a dark and ominous history. Here's why

Signs. Portents. Omens. There’s something primal about the Moon. Even in this enlightened age, its glow can evoke a mystical experience. Little wonder so much mythology surrounds it.

Solar Eclipse July 5, 2018

The 'eclipse of the century' is coming, but not if you live in the US

A lunar eclipse is nothing unusual. Usually. But the one due on July 28 is somewhat different. It will fall under the Earth’s shadow for four hours.

Solar Eclipse May 30, 2018

The story of 'Manhattanhenge': An NYC phenomenon explained

Let's face it.

Google April 25, 2018

A Google Street View car drove right through the path of the 2017 solar eclipse

The most-viewed eclipse in history had an unexpected witness: A Google Street View car drove right to the edge of totality, offering a surprising celestial treat for visitors scoping out the event in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

Solar Eclipse February 15, 2018

A NASA observatory just saw a total solar eclipse ... in space!

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft captured gorgeous views of a total solar eclipse on Sunday (Feb.

Solar Eclipse January 18, 2018

Woman who looked at eclipse suffered crescent-shaped eye damage, study shows

A New York woman joined millions of people across the nation to watch this summer’s total eclipse — but the most-talked about spectacle has now left her with a crescent-shaped burn in her eye.

Solar Eclipse December 7, 2017

An unfortunate memento of the total eclipse: Eye damage

For millions of people last summer’s solar eclipse was a momentary spectacle, but for one New Yorker the sight of the moon crossing the sun is a vision that may never leave her view, burned as a crescent-shaped scar into her retina.