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Want to experience a solar eclipse with ALL of your senses? The Eclipse Soundscapes Project, a NASA citizen science project funded by NASA’s Science Activation program, allows you to do just that while advancing our knowledge of how solar eclipses affect life on Earth.
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Observe How Eclipses Impact Wildlife with the Eclipse Soundscapes Project
Observe How Eclipses Impact Wildlife with the Eclipse Soundscapes Project
Ahead of the eclipses, NASA is releasing artwork from creatives who have found inspiration in solar eclipses. The next two pieces are presented with short biographies of their creators.
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Meet the Creators, Part 2
Meet the Creators, Part 2
A total solar eclipse will darken a swath of North America as the Moon blocks the light of the Sun for a few minutes on April 8, 2024. In addition to casting a breathtaking, passing shadow over the heads of millions of people, this total solar eclipse gives scientists a unique opportunity to study the Sun, Earth, and their interactions.
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Science in the Shadows: NASA Selects 5 Experiments for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Science in the Shadows: NASA Selects 5 Experiments for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
On April 20, a first-of-its-kind NASA-funded experiment will fly a scientific instrument on a large kite to study a total solar eclipse. Lifting off from Australia, the experiment aims to rise above any clouds that might block the instrument's view of the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona.
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Clouds for Your Eclipse? NASA Experiment Will Fly Kite to Rise Above
Clouds for Your Eclipse? NASA Experiment Will Fly Kite to Rise Above
To celebrate the special role of eclipses in connecting art and science, creatives across NASA will be sharing their eclipse-inspired artwork in anticipation of two solar eclipses that will cross the United States on October 14, 2023, and April 8, 2024.
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Meet the Creators of NASA's Newest Eclipse Art
Meet the Creators of NASA's Newest Eclipse Art
Based on observations from several NASA missions, the map details the path of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses the contiguous U.S. during eclipses in 2023 and 2024.
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New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US
New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US
This is the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the surface of Mars.
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What does a Solar Eclipse Look Like on Mars?
What does a Solar Eclipse Look Like on Mars?
On April 30, 2022, a partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of South America, Antarctica, and the Pacific and Southern Oceans.
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Partial Solar Eclipse on April 30, 2022
Partial Solar Eclipse on April 30, 2022
Scientists have used total solar eclipses for over a century to learn more about our universe, including deciphering the Sun’s structure.
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Total Solar Eclipses Shine a Light on the Solar Wind with Help from ACE
Total Solar Eclipses Shine a Light on the Solar Wind with Help from ACE
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun – a recently discovered comet.
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Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse
Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse
Aug. 21, 2017, marked a unique opportunity for scientists in the contiguous U.S. — for the first time in nearly a century, a total solar eclipse would sweep coast to coast, providing scientists under the path of totality with a rare chance to study the Sun and Earth in uncommon ways.
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Eclipse 2017 Shines Light on the Sun-Earth Connection
Eclipse 2017 Shines Light on the Sun-Earth Connection