With a solar eclipse and several meteor showers coming up, an astronomy professor shares travel tips for viewing astronomical phenomena.
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Don’t look up. A solar eclipse may be an incredible spectacle – but you must take care of your eyes.
Witnessing a total solar eclipse can be an unforgettable experience – and apparently, quite addictive.
Some parts of North America will witness a total solar eclipse in April 2024. This may seem far away, but you should think about preparing for this rare and fascinating phenomenon.
People across Australia and New Zealand will be able to catch the blood moon. Here’s how to get the best view.
Test out scientific ideas, connect with your ancestors or just marvel at the beauty of nature.
This Wednesday night, everywhere in Australia will have a box seat for a spectacular total eclipse of the Moon.
In the early morning of May 26, 2021, there will be a super blood-red lunar eclipse. The show will be spectacular and can all be explained by the orbits of the Earth and Moon.
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science.
While the world gathers to see an eclipse, what’s the rest of nature doing?
The blood moon myths are many and varied, but, at the end of the day, it’s just an eclipse.
A bunch of uncommon things all happening at the same time mean this full moon will have some special attributes.
The solar eclipse offered electricity network operators a “live drill” in how to cope with fluctuating output from renewable energy. They passed with flying colours.
The sun was worshiped as a deity in many cultures – and witnessing it get extinguished could be a particularly terrifying event.
If you’ve ever wondered why you can look at a solar eclipse and why it can harm your eyes, the answer is in the sun’s rays.
For centuries, scientists have known when and where eclipses will be visible. They pack their bags, head for the line of totality and hope for the best – which doesn’t always happen.
People universally believe scientists’ solar eclipse calendars, but vaccine warnings or climate predictions are forms of science that strangely do not enjoy equivalent acceptance.
Franklin advanced a scientific – not supernatural – understanding of astronomical events such as eclipses. His satirical character ‘Poor Richard’ mocked those who bought into astrological predictions.
More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians understood the cycle of eclipses. They also regarded them as signs that could foretell the death of a king.
Meteorology researchers across the country are prepping experiments for the mini-night the eclipse will bring on August 21 – two minutes and 36 seconds without the sun in the middle of the day.
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Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria and Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University
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Professor of Space Science and Physics, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor, Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Dean of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Flagship Initiatives, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Teaching Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Professor of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology, West Virginia University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Reader in Animal Biology and Physiology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Manager for Education and Public Outreach, Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Art History, University of St Andrews
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Energy Researcher, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen's University, Ontario
