Scientists used both the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope to capture MACS0416, and observe how its girth impacts our view of the cosmos. "MACS0416 is a natural magnifying glass," the space agency wrote online. "Its gravity is so strong that it warps time and space ...
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An astrophotographer who visited Easter Island for the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024, shared a stunning view of the "ring of fire."
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Many NASA spacecraft got a good look at the long-awaited Great American Solar Eclipse, as a striking new video shows. The 75-second video combines imagery from a variety of NASA Earth-observing and sun-watching missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Lunar Reconnaissance ...
Locals are more likely to see a "crescent 'cut out'" move across the sun when the eclipse reaches its peak. In other parts of the continent, the moon will block out the light from the sun, creating an eerie mid-day darkness.
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The first partial solar eclipse of 2025, on March 29, will be visible from a slice of the northeastern United States and Canada as well as Greenland, Iceland, and parts of Europe and northwest Africa. A second partial solar eclipse will arrive six months later, on September 21, but only...
natural coronagraph, which happens with every total solar eclipse. During a total solar eclipse, the disk of the Moon blocks out that of the Sun, making the corona visible. Ground-based observatories have an advantage here over space-based ones because they can enjoy a much greater field of ...
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