Satellite News

For millennia, solar eclipses like the upcoming one on April 8 have inspired awe, wonder and fear. Here are some of the most intriguing accounts of solar eclipses from ancient Greece to the Mayan empire.

The stars of a possible ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, known as UMa3/U1, could be held in place by the gravitational glue of dark matter.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe looked into a coronal mass ejection coming from the sun for the first time, detecting some turbulence that has intrigued scientists.

Japan’s proposal for a moon rover is “more than meets the eye.” A new model of JAXA’s Lunar Cruiser not only replicates the Toyota transport, but can also transform into Optimus Prime.

The April 8 solar eclipse doesn’t quite reach totality in my home Canadian city, so I’m hopping on a train to find it. I had good reason to stay off the road, or away from the air.

When the total solar eclipse travels across North America on April 8, the skies will darken. Here’s what to look for during totality.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri is close to the centerline of the total solar eclipse on April 8, offering eclipse-chasers 4 minutes and 6 seconds of totality.

No, the date and path of the total solar eclipse have not been miscalculated.