News tagged with eclipse
Precise Radio-Telescope Measurements Advance Frontier Gravitational Physics
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using a continent-wide array of radio telescopes have made an extremely precise measurement of the curvature of space caused by the Sun's gravity, and their technique promises a ...
Celebrating gravity’s light-bending landmark
May 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today Oxford University scientists are joining in a special celebration of the first test of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity on the remote African island where the ground-breaking experiment ...
'Monster' solar eclipse takes on Asian giants
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The world's most populous nations will gaze skywards Wednesday as the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century lays a carpet of darkness across India and China, from Mumbai to Shanghai.
Images of Solar Eclipse as seen by Hinode Satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2009 |
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The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week.
Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2009 |
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One one-thousand, 2 one-thousand, 3 one-thousand, 4 one-thousand... Continue counting and don't stop until you reach 399 one-thousand.
Full solar eclipse turns day to night in Asia
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- From the Ganges River in India to remote islands of the Pacific, the sun rose Wednesday only to vanish again, allowing the stars to twinkle into view in the longest total solar eclipse this century ...
Passage graves from an astronomical perspective
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Passage graves are mysterious barrows from the Stone Age. New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen indicates that the Stone Age graves' orientation in the landscape could ...
Otherworldly Solar Eclipse
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2009 |
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For the first time, a spacecraft from Earth has captured hi-resolution images of a solar eclipse while orbiting another world.
MSU scientists to design optics for new solar mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Montana State University scientists are involved in a new space mission to figure out how energy is transferred through the sun's atmosphere.
Groups See Sun Darken
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Two MIT Alumni Association groups led by MIT professors were rewarded with clear skies - just barely - for the total eclipse of the sun on July 22, possibly the most-watched eclipse in history. The eclipse ...
Scientists capitalize on extended solar eclipse
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Scientists at this observatory outside Hangzhou joined residents and tourists across China and India in observing the longest total solar eclipse in a century and probably the most-viewed ever.
Partial Eclipse, Total Fun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2008 |
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On Friday, August 1st, millions of people in Greenland, Siberia, Mongolia and China—especially China—are going to witness a total eclipse of the sun. The Moon's cool shadow will sweep across the landscape, ...
Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK on the morning of 1st August
Jul 25, 2008 |
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On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles observers will see a partial ...
