2024 Eclipse: Why is it a big deal? AUSTIN, Texas-According to Southwestern University’s Associate Professor of Physics, Dr. Mark Bottorf, the last total solar eclipse that happened in Central Texas was 147 years ago. He now eagerly waits for April's total solar eclipse. "I am just abou...
Thesolar eclipsewill bevisiblefor millions of Americans on April 8, 2024, making many excited to see it — but how you watch it matters, since it can be dangerous for your eyes. Asolar eclipse occurswhen the moon passes between the sun and Earth,blocking the sun's light. When the moon...
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After looping through thesolar systemon a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) journey, the craft will arrive at Europa in 2030, and spend 3.5 years collecting unprecedented data. To determine if theJupitermoon is habitable, mission scientists need to answer some major questions. For example...
March 1, 2024 Did you know that without Leap Days we could see summer shift to, say, the middle of November? This extra day is added to the calendar some years as a way of keeping our yearly schedule aligned with Earth’s orbit in space....
—Do other planets have solar eclipses? —What if Earth shared its orbit with another planet? —What happened before the Big Bang? Wednesday's total lunar eclipse is expected to be visible in Australia, parts of the western United States, western South America and Southeast Asia, according to...
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“With MMX, we will study a tiny moon,” says Hyodo. “But this is not only about the moon, it is also about Solar System material and material from Mars.” Perhaps surprisingly, the Phobos sample will inevitably contain parts of Mars’s past. This means that regardless of how the moon...