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Graham Jones
2024’s biggest eclipse MISS happens January 11
January's new moon will be the biggest eclipse miss of 2024, an ultra-thin crescent not nearly aligned closely enough with the sun for a solar eclipse.
January 10, 2024
2023’s most-illuminated quarter moon is tonight
Some quarter moons are fuller than others! The most-illuminated quarter moon of 2023 is on December 5. Learn more unique moon dates for 2024.
December 4, 2023
May-June 2021: A special pair of eclipses
The upcoming eclipse season - featuring a total eclipse of the moon in late May 2021 and an annular or ring eclipse of the sun in early June - is unusual for featuring a short lunar eclipse and relatively long solar eclipse. Here's how to understand it in the context of 1,000 years of eclipses.
May 19, 2021
A new method for predicting large solar flares
Solar storms pose risks for society, but more accurate space weather forecasts appear to be coming soon. A team of researchers in Japan has developed a physics-based method for predicting large solar flares, including powerful and potentially dangerous X-flares.
October 2, 2020
Bringing community astronomy to rural Africa
Ideas discussed at last month’s International Astronomical Union symposium in Tokyo include projects using smartphones and low-cost battery-powered equipment.
December 14, 2019
Listening to the patterns of the universe
Astronomer Wanda Díaz Merced - who began losing her sight in her 20s - presented one of TED’s most-watched astronomy videos. Here's how turning a telescope's digital data into sound can help reveal hidden patterns.
November 29, 2018
Astronomy beyond sight
Breathtaking space images inspire us. But what if you couldn't see them? Amelia Ortiz Gil explains how tactile models of the constellations, moon and planets can give people - blind or sighted - a better appreciation of the universe.
November 29, 2018
Mystery of the moon’s tilted orbit
Had things gone differently in the early days of the inner solar system, the magnificent spectacle of a total solar eclipse might be a monthly event.
July 3, 2017
Eclipse stories from Indonesia
The solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 brought together students from around the world - and EarthSky helped to make it happen.
April 4, 2016
Solar eclipse to unite science students
The global nature of science - and challenge of global communications - will bring together university students in Indonesia, Japan and elsewhere across the world during a 2016 solar eclipse.
November 30, 2015
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