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Voyager 1’s power test came back at the end of July, and by Kareem Badaruddin’s own account it went about as well as an engineer could hope. Badaruddin is the Voyager project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and what he’s describing is the early stage of an attempt to do for Voyager 1 what … Read more

The Perseid summer light show is back, and viewing conditions are especially promising across the northern hemisphere.The meteor shower’s is expected to peak on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade – though the best time to view the fireballs will … Read more

Julien Kimmig’s career began with a surprising abundance of feces. As a PhD student working at a Cambrian site in northern Canada, Kimmig realized that roughly half the fossils in that outcrop were coprolites, or fossilized poops. Kimmig, now the head of the paleontology and evolution division at the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany, … Read more

After lunch on Wednesday, two Nasa aviators will climb into a research plane and take off from Keflavik airport on a western tip of Iceland. They will climb north towards Greenland and then bank to head south on a gently curving course 40 miles (64km) off the Icelandic coast.Their mission can be described as chasing … Read more

Every total solar eclipse is different. While the silhouette of the moon passing across the sun barely changes, the moment our natural satellite covers the entire solar disk, something spectacular happens — the emergence of the corona. The Latin word for “crown”, the solar corona is one of the wonders of nature. To gaze upon … Read more

NEW YORK (AP) — The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere.The meteor shower’s peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade — though the best time to view the fireballs will … Read more

In Greek mythology, Chronos (not the guy who ate his kids), the primordial god of time, was depicted as a giant snake with three heads: a man, a bull, and a lion. Chronos and his consort, the goddess of inevitability, Ananke, circle around the cosmos and drive the rotation of heaven and the eternal passage … Read more

2026-08-09T09:29:49.860Z What actually happens during a total solar eclipse? A composite image revealing the beauty of each stage surrounding totality. (Image credit: Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images) Totality lasts only a few minutes, but a lot is happening before, during and after.From first contact and the dramatic diamond ring effect to the … Read more

In January 1986, Voyager 2 swept past Uranus and gathered the only close-up measurements humanity has ever taken of the planet. Voyager 2’s 1986 flyby was the first and remains the only visit. Much of the close-up picture of Uranus traces back to that single pass. That’s a lot of weight to hang on one … Read more

What it’s like to chase solar eclipses around the world BBCWhere in the UK will get the best view of the solar eclipse? The GuardianSolar eclipse: Most of sun to be eclipsed across island of Ireland BBCWhere to See the August 12th Solar Eclipse Online Sky & TelescopeWhat to Know About the Total Solar Eclipse … Read more