Space
Philadelphia Zoo invites visitors to document animal behaviors during Monday’s eclipse
Visitors to the Philadelphia Zoo can observe their favorite animals and document their behaviors before, during and after the eclipse.
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Listen 1:08Here’s what time the eclipse will be visible in your region
This tool from NASA allows you to get your exact window to see Monday's eclipse; all you need is your ZIP code.
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Where to watch the solar eclipse in Philly
We haven’t seen an eclipse of this magnitude in our region in 40 years. The next one of this size won’t happen until 2078.
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Simple tips to safely photograph the solar eclipse with your cellphone
Some people with expensive photo equipment are hoping to get the perfect shot during the solar eclipse. But for the rest of us, a phone camera is what we have to work with.
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Not in the path of totality? You can still watch Monday’s total solar eclipse online
Here are some alternatives if you're clouded out during the eclipse or if you can't travel to the path.
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Chester County, like much of Pennsylvania, will experience 90% totality during the solar eclipse on April 8.
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University of Delaware students will be part of a NASA experiment during the total solar eclipse
The team will send weather balloons tens of thousands of meters into the atmosphere for experiments on gravity waves and the building blocks of the universe.
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Listen 3:34A total solar eclipse races across North America as clouds part along totality
It will be another 21 years before the U.S. sees another total solar eclipse on this scale.
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Are you in the path of totality? Total solar eclipse streaks across U.S. on April 8
The moon's shadow will slice a diagonal line from the southwest to the northeast across North America, briefly plunging communities along the track into darkness.
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Watching a solar eclipse without the right filters can cause eye damage. Here’s why
When the April 8 solar eclipse draws eyes upward, having proper solar filters and solar eclipse glasses is essential to avoid potentially permanent eye damage, doctors say.
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The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?
On the equinox, the Earth's orbit lines up so both hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight.
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NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, famed for U.S.-Soviet orbital handshake, has died at 93
Stafford also served as commander of Apollo 10 - the dress rehearsal before NASA's first landing on the moon in 1969.
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The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.
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Listen 2:28Private company Intuitive Machines is set to land on the moon. Here’s what to know
The Houston-based company hopes to make the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It would also be America's first soft landing in decades.
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NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year
Applications are live for a four-person cohort to live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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