2016 Out-of-this-World Highlights
Listen 00:05:02Lots of cool planetary observing this coming spring and summer, as well as two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses… but the real treat comes as we prepare for NEXT year’s total solar eclipse across the US.
Astronomer and Jazz and Funk Sax player Dillon Brout gives us real astro food for thought this Thursday at the Franklin Institute as he reviews our evolving understanding about the fate of our universe. Dillon originally worked with one of the three scientists who discovered dark matter, Nobel Laurate Adam Riess.
China’s Chang’e 3 lunar rover is still transmitting data although it’s now a stationary explorer. And China has serious plans to expand its explorations of the moon all the way up to and through manned circumlunar missions and maybe more.
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Teams from Drexel and the University of Delaware traveled to the path of totality as part of a nationwide NASA project.
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Can’t get enough of the total solar eclipse or got clouded out? Here are the next ones to watch for
An eclipse on the scale of Monday's event won't happen again until Aug. 12, 2045.
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Many still manage to spot solar eclipse in Philadelphia area despite clouds
The peak of the solar eclipse is over in the Philly region. Clouds thickened as we reached maximum coverage, but brief breaks in the clouds allowed people to see the event.
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