The sun put on quite the show this morning (April 23), blasting out not one, not two, but four solar flares in near-perfect harmony. And NASA’s space-based Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) caught it on camera. Solar flares are explosions from the sun’s surface that emit intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation. They occur when magnetic energy […]
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Trains, planes and a total solar eclipse! Watching the moon block the sun was a transportation adventure (exclusive)
DORVAL, Québec — I needed a big sky, and I was willing to stand outside a remote, chilly train station for hours to get it. A total solar eclipse happened in the skies here, just outside of Montreal, on Monday (April 8). The sights of the bigger city would have been incredible, but so too […]
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Even More Superstitions Black People Have Passed Down From Generations
Photo: Javier Zayas Photography (Getty Images) On April 8, a total solar eclipse will pass over North America, beginning at various times depending on your state and time zone, with the moon completely blocking out the sun for around 4 minutes. Science attributes this phenomenon to our planet’s orbit around the sun and rotation. However, […]
Read More Even More Superstitions Black People Have Passed Down From Generations
Photo: Javier Zayas Photography (Getty Images) On April 8, a total solar eclipse will pass over North America, beginning at various times depending on your state and time zone, with the moon completely blocking out the sun for around 4 minutes. Science attributes this phenomenon to our planet’s orbit around the sun and rotation. However, […]
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Southern Illinois will get its 2nd solar eclipse in a decade this year
It’s already rare for a single location to experience a total solar eclipse — but for cities like Carbondale, Illinois, the odds have been ever in its favor. A lucky seven years ago, it was in part of the solar eclipse path of totality, and it will be this year as well. “To have two […]
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Solar eclipse sights might vary on the edge of totality: report
If you plan to watch the solar eclipse April 8 at the edge of the totality path, you might want to move further into the shadow. New amateur calculations of the solar eclipse path suggest that variations in the local terrain might change if you see a total eclipse, or how long the eclipse is […]
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection
Every so often, the sun’s simmering magnetic field burps colossal clouds of plasma out into the space beyond. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). If one CME strikes Earth, for example, the result can be spectacular auroras — and, just-as-spectacular disruptions of electrical grids and satellites. Now, NASA‘s Parker Solar Probe has gotten a […]
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I’m taking the train to see the solar eclipse in Canada. Here’s why I’m riding the rails
OTTAWA, CANADA — I had the chance to fly across North America for the total solar eclipse on Monday (April 8). But instead, I’m staying local. The upcoming solar eclipse will streak across a small band of the United States and touch parts of Canada and Mexico as well. I’d known for years that this […]
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I’m taking the train to see the 2024 solar eclipse in Canada. Here’s why I’m riding the rails
OTTAWA, CANADA — I had the chance to fly across North America for the total solar eclipse on Monday (April 8). But instead, I’m staying local. The upcoming solar eclipse will streak across a small band of the United States and touch parts of Canada and Mexico as well. I’d known for years that this […]
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There’s an April Fool’s Day prank about the 2024 solar eclipse — don’t fall for it
Don’t panic! It’s April Fool’s Day, which means the internet is rife with jokes, including some of the celestial sort. If you happened to stumble across the University of Vermont’s (UVM) press release about the April 8 total solar eclipse, your heart might’ve skipped a beat: “Eclipse Path and Date Miscalculated,” reads the headline. Well, […]
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