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The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA

April 12, 2024

NASA

On April 8, 2024, the Moon’s shadow swept across North America, treating millions to a breathtaking view of a total solar eclipse. As the Moon passed in front of the Sun, it revealed the Sun’s wispy white outer atmosphere — the corona. Pictures of total solar eclipses are beautiful — they capture a moment happening…
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2024 Solar Eclipse, citizen science, Eclipses, heliophysics, skywatching, Solar Eclipses, Tech Industry, Tech News

More Than 36,000 Volunteers Helped Do NASA Eclipse Science

April 10, 2024

NASA

Thank you for helping us out! Over 36,000 people helped do NASA Science during Monday’s total solar eclipse. Together, these volunteers submitted more than 60,000 vital pieces of eclipse data to NASA science projects. More than 30,000 volunteers with the SunSketcher project pointed their smartphones toward the Sun and recorded pictures of Bailey’s beads, flashes of Sunlight…
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Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora

April 9, 2024

NASA

The energetic electrons that drive the aurora borealis (the northern lights) have a rich and very dynamic structure that we currently do not fully understand. Much of what we know about these electrons comes from instruments that have fundamental limitations in their ability to sample multiple energies with high time resolution. To overcome these limitations,…
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Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes, goddard space flight center, heliophysics, Missions, nancy grace roman space telescope, Science & Research, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), stars, Sunspots, Tech Industry, Tech News, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), The Solar System, The Sun, The Universe

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars

April 4, 2024

Ashley Balzer

Guessing your age might be a popular carnival game, but for astronomers it’s a real challenge to determine the ages of stars. Once a star like our Sun has settled into steady nuclear fusion, or the mature phase of its life, it changes little for billions of years. One exception to that rule is the…
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Scientists Pursue the Total Solar Eclipse with NASA Jet Planes

April 3, 2024

NASA

The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will produce stunning views across North America. While anyone along the eclipse path with a clear sky will see the spectacular event, the best view might be 50,000 feet in the air, aboard NASA’s WB-57 jet planes. That’s where a trio of NASA-funded teams are sending their scientific…
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NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone

April 2, 2024

Karen Northon

On Monday, April 8, NASA and its partners will celebrate the wonders of the total solar eclipse as it passes over North America, with the path of totality in the United States, from Kerrville, Texas, to Houlton, Maine.
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Scientists Use NASA Data to Predict Solar Corona Before Eclipse

April 2, 2024

NASA

Our Sun, like many stars, is adorned with a crown. It’s called a corona (Latin for “crown” or “wreath”) and consists of long, thread-like strands of plasma billowing out from the Sun’s surface. The powerful magnetic field of the Sun defines these strands, causing them to ripple and evolve their structures constantly. The strands are…
Read more: Scientists Use NASA Data to Predict Solar Corona Before Eclipse
2024 Solar Eclipse, Eclipses, heliophysics, skywatching, SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), Solar Eclipses, Tech Industry, Tech News

New ‘Eclipse Watch’ Tool Shows Eclipses from Space Any Time

April 1, 2024

NASA

Do you wish you could see a total solar eclipse every day? With a new online tool called Eclipse Watch, you can observe the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, in real time with eclipse-like images from space as we count down to the next total solar eclipse on Earth. The new Helioviewer Eclipse Watch data…
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ESA, NASA Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet

March 27, 2024

NASA

On March 25, 2024, a citizen scientist in the Czech Republic spotted a comet in an image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which has now been confirmed to be the 5,000th comet discovered using SOHO data. SOHO has achieved this milestone over 28 years in space, even though it was never designed…
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NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse

March 25, 2024

NASA

NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study the disturbances…
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Category: heliophysics

The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA

More Than 36,000 Volunteers Helped Do NASA Eclipse Science

Making Ultra-fast Electron Measurements in Multiple Directions to Reveal the Secrets of the Aurora

How NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Measure Ages of Stars

Scientists Pursue the Total Solar Eclipse with NASA Jet Planes

NASA Partnerships Bring 2024 Total Solar Eclipse to Everyone

Scientists Use NASA Data to Predict Solar Corona Before Eclipse

New ‘Eclipse Watch’ Tool Shows Eclipses from Space Any Time

ESA, NASA Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet

NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse

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