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Space.com

HOUSTON — Two former U.S. Navy test pilots, now NASA astronauts, can’t wait to finally get their hands on a new spacecraft. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams told Space.com and a small group of reporters at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) that they are …

The Washington Post

On Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse sliced from coast to coast across the Lower 48, darkening skies from Oregon to South Carolina. For up to 2 minutes 40 seconds, the moon extinguished the sun, leaving behind only a gaping black hole in the sky …

Space.com

One of the rockets is scheduled to launch the Eutelsat 36D telecommunications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a four-hour window that opens at 5:52 p.m. EDT (2152 GMT).

CNN

People outside the path of totality will still be able to see a partial solar eclipse in which the moon only blocks part of the sun’s face. The only time it’s safe to view the sun without eye …

CNN

A close up of a section of The Tharsis Rise showing: 1) Noctis Labyrinthus. 2) Suspected caldera of the unconfirmed volcano. 3) Relict Glacier. 4) Valles Marineris. CNN …

Space.com

Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools. This isn’t just good news for eclipse chasers on April 8, but also has implications for sun-obscuring geoengineering efforts. Comments (0). behind wispy clouds, the moon can be seen partially …

TIME

Many people assume that might be enough, but to really experience what a solar eclipse feels like, you should travel to the path of totality, where the sun is 100% covered. “A partial eclipse is not an eclipse. It really does not come close.

Space.com

The total solar eclipse on April 8 is part of a repeating pattern of eclipses that last visited North America in 1970, and will visit again in 2078. Here’s why the same eclipse repeats every 54 years. Comments (0). April 8’s total solar eclipse is …

Florida Today

What were the “moving balls of light” in the sky in San Antonio and north Texas? It has to do with SpaceX. … A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, and Floridians, visitors and spring breakers likely saw it streak across the sky. That …

NPR

Climate change has been blamed for many dramatic effects on our planet and our lives. Now it may even affect the measurement of time. You’ve probably heard of “leap seconds” — the sliver of time scientists occasionally add to the world’s official time …