Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

NASA explains how a safely view a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse. WARNING: People should always use protective solar ...

Science journalist David Baron is an umbraphile, an eclipse chaser. He says a solar eclipse is the ultimate experience of awe ...

Eclipse chasers hooked by the events of April 8, 2024, are already making plans for Aug. 2, 2027, when the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century will unfold across North Africa ...

XI’AN, China—This should be a shining moment for Longi, one of the biggest makers of solar-power equipment in the world. Longi and a few other Chinese companies dominate the solar business ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch company’s Dragon spacecraft again this November. Bruce Weaver/AFP via Getty Images October additionally saw the return of NASA’s Crew-8 mission, with ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a "googly eye" solar eclipse as the planet's moon Phobos passed in front of the sun. Phobos — one of Mars' two moons, along with the even tinier ...

A potato-shaped moon has been seen passing in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse. It was captured by NASA's Perseverance rover. Phobos's transits, when one object crosses in front of another ...

The sun turned spooky over Mars as NASA's Perseverance rover caught sight of a solar eclipse that looked like a celestial eyeball. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

A coronagraph mimics what happens during a total solar eclipse, so this naturally occurring phenomena provided a good opportunity to test instruments that measure the temperature and speed of the ...