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Turn Your Cereal Box into an Eclipse Projector
[embedded content] If you need a safe way to view the eclipse but don’t have a pair of legitimate eclipse glasses , a solution could be hiding in your pantry. On “Good Morning America” today (Aug. 21), our own Sara G. Miller showed the audience and host Lara Spencer how to turn an ordinary cereal box […]
Crossroads of the Solar Eclipse: Best Photos from Carbondale 2017
Carbondale has been dubbed the “Solar Eclipse Crossroads of America” because it is located along the path of totality for this eclipse as well as another total solar eclipse in 2024. According to local officials, approximately 50,000 people could travel to Carbondale to see the solar eclipse. Here are some of the coolest photos from […]
Lagrange Points: Parking Places in Space
A Lagrange point is a location in space where the combined gravitational forces of two large bodies, such as Earth and the sun or Earth and the moon, equal the centrifugal force felt by a much smaller third body. The interaction of the forces creates a point of equilibrium where a spacecraft may be “parked” […]
Astronauts on Space Station to Watch Solar Eclipse on Three Orbits of Earth
The crew of the International Space Station will get three different looks at the “Great American Solar Eclipse” on Aug. 21, 2017. Three Americans are in a position to get a truly unique view of the “Great American Solar Eclipse.” Randy Bresnik from Kentucky, Jack Fischer from Colorado and Peggy Whitson from Iowa won’t be […]
Total Solar Eclipse Transforms Illinois Town Into a Celestial Super Bowl
In Carbondale, Illinois, people look through a solar-viewing telescope in preparation for the total solar eclipse on Monday (Aug. 21). CARBONDALE, Ill. — When it comes to total solar eclipses, “X” marks the spot for this college town, and excitement is building as people gear up for what’s being heralded as the “Great American Solar […]
The Most Amazing 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Photos Taken From Space
Credit: NASA/ESA Expedition 52 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed the umbra shadow of the “Great American Solar Eclipse” as it darkened an area near the limb of the Earth, about 1,050 miles (1,700 kilometers) away from the space station. To source
Google Doodle Celebrates the Historic Great American Solar Eclipse
Google celebrated the long-awaited Great American Solar Eclipse with an animated doodle on Aug. 21, 2017. Google is commemorating today’s (Aug. 21) epic total solar eclipse with a special animated doodle showing the moon blotting out the sun — with the help of two playful aliens, who bounce Earth’s nearest neighbor back and forth with […]
Solar Eclipse from Orbit: Crew on Space Station Sees Moon's Shadow (Video, Photos)
Expedition 52 flight engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency (ESA) photographed the umbra shadow of the “Great American Solar Eclipse” as it darkened an area near the limb of the Earth, about 1,050 miles (1,700 kilometers) away from the space station. As millions of people on Monday (Aug. 21) looked up to the […]