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How to view the total solar eclipse safely

How to view the total solar eclipse safely

The scintillating cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse will be visible to millions of people across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, Spain and Portugal on August 12. It’s the first of three eclipses anticipated over Spain in the next two years. The best way to prepare for safe viewing of the stellar lineup … Read more

Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected

Solar Storms Create a Risk for Mars Exploration Scientists Hadn’t Expected

It took seven months to confirm that NASA’s Opportunity rover was dead. The U.S. space agency’s little robotic probe had stopped communicating with Earth back on June 10, 2018—after being engulfed by a severe Martian dust storm then blanketing the entire Red Planet. It’s taken years, but physicists now have some idea about why exactly … Read more