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Eclipse wows skywatchers with spectacular 'ring of fire' (photos)

Chasing the solar eclipse on the Extraterrestrial Highway | Space Quiz! What will our sun become once it has depleted the material fueling the nuclear fusion reaction at its core? | Eclipse wows skywatchers with spectacular 'ring of fire'

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October 16, 2023

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Chasing the solar eclipse on the Extraterrestrial Highway

Brett Tingley

This straight stretch of windblown road crosses mostly empty desert, offering vast vistas of open sky and long-distance views of the surrounding mountain ranges in the distance.

Full Story: Space (10/15)

Space Quiz! What will our sun become once it has depleted the material fueling the nuclear fusion reaction at its core?

Learn the answer here!

Eclipse wows skywatchers with spectacular 'ring of fire'

(Brett Tingley)

Sweeping through eight U.S. states before heading over Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Brazil, the impressive eclipse was visible to millions of people.

Full Story: Space (10/14)

Skywatching

Total solar eclipse April 2024: Top tips to plan your trip

(Josh Dinner)

A much bigger, grander affair than the annular solar eclipse just gone, this event will include totality - darkness in the day and a chance to see the sun's corona with your naked eyes - but only if you're in exactly the right place at the right time.

Full Story: Space (10/16)

Spaceflight

Rare all-woman spacewalk this month won't be the last

(NASA)

The International Space Station (ISS) spacewalk with NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara will be only the fourth extravehicular activity (EVA) with an all-woman crew (the other three were all done by the same two people).

Full Story: Space (10/13)

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Science & Astronomy

Dead star at heart of cosmic graveyard predicts sun's fate

(K. Werner et al.)

Researchers investigated the planetary nebula in Messier 37 as though it were a cosmic crime scene to determine how its central white dwarf star died.

Full Story: Space (10/15)

SpaceX

Relive Falcon Heavy launch with these amazing photos

(Josh Dinner)

The Falcon Heavy -- the second-most powerful rocket currently in operation, after NASA's Space Launch System -- launched the agency's Psyche asteroid mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday morning (Oct. 13).

Full Story: Space (10/13)

Technology

Satellites watch the annular solar eclipse sweep over U.S.

(NOAA)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites GOES-East and GOES-West watched as the shadow of the moon darkened the surface of Earth.

Full Story: Space (10/16)

Entertainment

'For All Mankind' season 4 moves to the asteroids

(Apple TV+)

On Thursday (Oct. 12) -- just a day after NASA revealed its first sample returned from an asteroid and on the eve of the launch of the agency's first mission to a metal-rich asteroid - Apple TV+ dropped a new trailer featuring a familiar-looking space rock.

Full Story: Space (10/13)