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children watching the eclipse
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A lot of kids got to see the last total eclipse. What they remember may surprise you

"I remember mostly everybody went crazy when it got dark," says 8th-grader Kaylee Tress. "It was such a bizarre feeling."

1 year ago

An alpaca at the Philadelphia Zoo
Science

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.

1 year ago

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The path of totality and partial contours crossing the U.S. for the 2024 total solar eclipse occurring on April 8, 2024.
NPR
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Here’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.

1 year ago

People watching the eclipse with special protective glasses
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Billy Penn

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.

1 year ago

The moment of totality during a solar eclipse in Glendo, Wyo., on Aug. 21, 2017.
NPR
Science

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.

1 year ago

This combination of photos shows the path of the sun during a total eclipse by the moon Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, near Redmond, Ore.
Science

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.

1 year ago

A total solar eclipse
Science

Want to see a near-total solar eclipse? Chester County is planning a day of events in Hibernia County Park

Chester County, like much of Pennsylvania, will experience 90% totality during the solar eclipse on April 8.

1 year ago

The University of Delaware team
Science

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.

1 year ago

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Kasey Moore and 8-year-old daughter, Sadie, from Northeast Philadelphia wear homemade hats as they watch the eclipse outside the Franklin Institute in Center City
Science

A 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.

1 year ago

Tyler Hanson, of Fort Rucker, Ala., watches the sun moments before the total eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
Science

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.

1 year ago

A woman watches an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2023 using special solar filter glasses at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
NPR
Science

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.

1 year ago

Visitors hold their hands out to receive the sun's energy as they celebrate the Spring equinox atop the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Thursday, March 21, 2019.
Weather

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.

1 year ago

Astronaut Tom Stafford (left) and cosmonaut Alexey Leonov shake hands after the first docking of U.S. and Soviet spacecraft in 1975.
NPR
Community

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.

1 year ago

A view of the Earth from a balloon device
Science

During total solar eclipse, Drexel researchers will send a balloon into the stratosphere to measure ozone

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.

1 year ago

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Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander was carried into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 15. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images
NPR
Science

Private 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.

1 year ago

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