Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the Sun have the potential to create dazzling auroras that can be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California, but could also disrupt … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the Sun have the potential to create dazzling auroras that can be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California, but could also disrupt … Read more
The moon darkened the daytime sky as it swept across North America during a total solar eclipse on Monday (April 8), thrilling tens of millions of skywatchers who had their eyes glued to the sky. All of North America and Central America experienced a partial solar eclipse, but only those areas within the path of … Read more
Photograph (bromide print) showing the instruments used by the British expedition sent from Sobral, Brazil, to the total solar eclipse on May 29, 1919. Sir Arthur Eddington of the University of Cambridge organized the eclipse trip to test Einstein’s theory of relativity. During the event, two heliostats with movable mirrors were used to send images … Read more
There is a gap in our observations of the Sun: part of the atmosphere is effectively invisible to our telescopes. However, images taken from Earth during a solar eclipse fill that gap and provide unprecedented insight into our star’s hidden layer. But capturing these images requires expertise, special equipment and a lot of patience. . … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When the total solar eclipse passes through Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, spectators can expect a host of awe-inspiring moments. During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely blocks the face … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When the total solar eclipse passes through Mexico, the United States and Canada on April 8, spectators can expect a host of awe-inspiring moments. During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely blocks the face … Read more
If you are on the path of totality for the April 8 total solar eclipse, you experience a brief period of darkness – totality – lasting a few seconds or minutes. This is the only safe time to avoid looking directly at the sun solar eclipse glasses. If you observe the sunDuring the totality of … Read more