Tag: eclipse
Total lunar eclipse, Nov. 8, 2022
A total lunar eclipse put a blood moon in the US skies Tuesday morning, just before people headed to the polls to vote in the US mid-term elections.
A long partial lunar eclipse occurred this morning
Friday morning's partial lunar eclipse was one of the longest partial lunar eclipses ever and the longest in several hundred years.
Bees stopped flying during total solar eclipse
A total solar eclipse brings other occurrences, including one observed by citizen scientists in US elementary schools last year.
Total lunar eclipse occurs on Jan. 31
The lunar eclipse Wednesday before sunrise will be a rare event. Not as rare as some on social media claim. But rare enough.
For this historic week, Amazing Grace
Eclipse, hurricane, ... what a week! Reminds me of the power of nature, the need for math and science, and the beautiful reasons for it all.
Photoessay: Eclipse USA at Madras High School
Saw the eclipse from the home bleachers at Madras H.S. in Madras, Ore. It was the show of a lifetime—brief but full of wonder.
What stars you might see during the eclipse
Will you be taking any "artistic" photos during the eclipse. Getting some great shots of the sky could require specialized lenses.
Sunspot moved from where it was 3 days ago
Every chance we get, we're looking at the sun ahead of the US eclipse on Aug. 21. Here's a little info about the sun itself: it rotates as a gas, not a solid.
Moon begins to wane ahead of eclipse
We await the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, here in the US. The entire continental US will see at least a partial eclipse.
Confirming sunspots, 14 days before US eclipse
We thought we saw sunspots yesterday, so we pointed a slightly more powerful telescope at the sun this morning. Yep. Sunspots.