FLORIDA — On Monday, April 8, skywatchers got to witness a rare celestial delight and something that will not be seen again over North American skies for more than 20 years: A total solar eclipse.

The 2024 total solar eclipse provided some answers. Mexican free-tailed bats fly out of Frio Cave, Texas, on April 6, 2024. Photographer Babak Tafreshi used a fish-eye lens and soft flashes to ...

On August 21, 2017, a team of researchers from the University of Alabama used an unprecedented array of high-tech weather instruments to study how both the atmosphere and insects responded during ...

Want to hunt for solar sunspots or get ready for the next partial eclipse? We've rounded up the best solar binoculars so you can zoom in on the sun without risking your eyes. When you purchase ...

One of the spruce trees in the Dolomite mountains in Italy that researchers attached remote sensors to before a solar eclipse. (Image credit: Monica Gagliano/Southern Cross University) "It's ...

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SEE ALSO: Solar eclipse stamp changes when you touch it They've launched a special simulator, part of the broader Eclipse Megamovie Project, which will give a glimpse of what to expect on August 21.