Prepare For The April 2024 Eclipse With ‘Moon Mail’
Prepare for this year’s eclipse with solar science, umbraphile quests, and a plan to make a lasting memory.
Prepare for this year’s eclipse with solar science, umbraphile quests, and a plan to make a lasting memory.
Amateur radio operators are joining forces and using radio waves to understand how eclipses affect the atmosphere.
Much of the US will be able to see at least part of an annular solar eclipse on Saturday. Astronomer Dean Regas offers tips for safe viewing.
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100 years ago, scientists shared their observations of how the sun’s mass bent starlight—an announcement that made Einstein an overnight celebrity.
In 1919, a team of astronomers presented their findings about warped starlight to the Royal Astronomical Society in London, proving Einstein’s theories.
A century ago, an eclipse proved Einstein right—and altered our understanding of the universe.
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Here’s what to do with your leftover solar glasses. Plus, substance abuse in baby boomers.
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On August 21st, millions of Americans stopped what they were doing and looked up. Science Friday was there.
Researchers say fast-tracked drugs are not being rigorously tested after the approval process. Plus, modern evolutionary science has some advantages Darwin did not. What are we learning from DNA, experimentation, and more? And how researchers are using sound and vibrations to describe the eclipse to visually impaired viewers.
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Instead of pinhole cameras and solar filter lenses, researchers are using sound and vibrations to describe the scenes on August 21 to blind and low vision eclipse chasers.