Tag: Astronomy

Watch this surreal and mind-blowing video of the 2024 solar eclipse

See it for yourself!

If you weren’t lucky enough to witness the April 8th total solar eclipse in person, you still have a chance to see the phenomenon for yourself. Today, the eclipse began just a few minutes past 11 a.m. on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Incredible footage shared by NASA shows the spectacular moment when the solar eclipse reached totality over Mazatlan, Mexico. Other cities in the eclipse’s path include: Dallas, Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Cleveland, Ohio; and Burlington, Vermont. NASA’s mobile-friendly “Eclipse Explorer” invites curious astronomers to take a closer look at the 2024 solar eclipse’s path.

But we know what you really came here for — awesome video footage of the eclipse. Well, look no further. The video below shows NASA’s very own telescope feed, currently live on YouTube. Make sure to skip around to see views of the solar eclipse in several different cities.

Go stargazing at these free national park astronomy events

Enjoy dark skies and bright stars.

Don’t let your national park adventures end when the sun sets. At night, the extra-dark skies over national parks make conditions ideal for stargazing. Experience the magic at one of the many parks offering free astronomy and stargazing events this year.

If you like to look for constellations, national parks are some of the best places to find them. Thanks to low levels of light pollution, many National Park Service (NPS) sites enjoy darker skies and brighter stars than more developed parts of the United States.

Join the NPS in celebrating these brilliant night skies at a stargazing event. Find a calendar of night sky experiences here, and learn more with the list of national park stargazing events below.

A solar eclipse, supermoons, and more mesmerizing astronomical moments from this year

The stars aligned for some spectacular sights.

With Halloween on the horizon, one spooky fact lingers in everyone’s mind. Soon, the year will come to an end. Only a little over two months remain in 2022. While there will be plenty of time ahead to stress about the holidays and reflect on your year, put away those concerns for now and focus on something fun. Today, the world experienced the last solar eclipse of the year.

The partial solar eclipse began on Oct. 25 at 4:58 a.m. and ended at 9:01 a.m. ET. Though the eclipse was only visible in parts of Europe, northeast Africa, and western Asia, people worldwide can enjoy a video of the four-hour eclipse process on YouTube.

If you’re an astronomy enthusiast, check out this For The Win gallery of stunning eclipse images, too. Is one gallery not enough to sate your space curiosity? Check out this list of even more incredible celestial events from 2022.