question for some. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images A total solar eclipse can be a confusingly dynamic event. First, you must get within the path of totality, which is only 115 miles wide. Secondly, you have to be somewhere with a clear sky. Thirdly, you have to remove your side eclipse glasses at …
A composite of the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse. (Photo by: VW Pics/Universal Images Group … [+] via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images This Thanksgiving, don’t talk turkey—talk totality! A total solar eclipse is coming to parts of 15 U.S. states, as well as to Canada and Mexico, on Monday, April …
An occultation of Venus is seen from L’Aquila, Italy, on November 9, 2023. (Photo by Lorenzo Di … [+] Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Venus disappeared behind a slim crescent moon this morning, with sky-watchers and photographers posting images across social media of the night sky’s two brightest objects. The rare sight—technically …
Aubrey Gemignani, a photographer with NASA, tests her camera equipment at the Lowell Observatory … [+] Solar Eclipse Experience August 20, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. (STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images If you’re out and about this Labor Day weekend and you see people setting-up cameras and pointing them skywards, don’t panic—it’s …
During the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which is visible from 14 U.S. states, as well as parts of Canada and Mexico, could be observed.… [+] be observed from 14 U.S. States as well as in parts of Canada and Mexico. Getty Images The giant comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, similar in size to …
On the third day of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks’ bright outburst, The Virtual Telescope Project captured an image of it from Manciano, Italy. … [+] The Virtual Telescope Project/Gianluca Masi A colossal comet, comparable in size to Halley’s comet, has recently exhibited a five-fold increase in brightness during consecutive nights, revealing unexpected “horns” surrounding its nucleus. Some …