Science

The fastest spacecraft in our solar system has captured wild footage inside the sun’s atmosphere. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe — a craft flying much closer to the sun than any previous mission — witnessed massive “vortex-like structures” in our star’s outer atmosphere, called the corona. You can see the unprecedented view below, taken by the...

Millions of people are about to have the rare opportunity to look directly at the sun. Those within the corridor created by the moon’s shadow — aka the “path of totality” — will get up to 4.5 minutes to take a gander with the naked eye during the total solar eclipse on April 8. If...

A cosmic marvel — a total solar eclipse — is imminent. The event on April 8, 2024, will allow tens of millions in the 115-mile-wide path of totality to experience the moon completely block the sun, turning day to deep twilight and revealing our star’s resplendent corona. It’s a rare eclipse opportunity, though experiencing it...

The biggest digital camera on Earth is finished — and it will soon revolutionize our grasp of the cosmos. The Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California announced the completion of its LSST Camera, short for “Legacy Survey of Space and Time.” The giant-lensed instrument is the size of a car, the lab...

The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will bring some solar system worlds into view. For those in the 115-mile-wide path of totality — wherein the moon completely blocks the sun for a few minutes or so — the sky (weather-permitting) will darken to deep twilight. When that happens, millions of Americans will be able...

A rare solar eclipse looms large on our cosmic calendars. The moon will pass between the sun and Earth on April 8, 2024, allowing those in the 115-mile-wide “path of totality” to witness a gripping event. It’s a celestial coincidence that reveals our star’s ghostly corona (atmosphere), and if possible is an experience not to...

The total solar eclipse will be making its way across North America on Monday, April 8, and you better be set with your eclipse glasses in hand as the astronomical phenomenon passes. But when exactly should the 43 million people under the total solar eclipse path have their heads turned up to the sky? SEE...

The highly anticipated 2024 total solar eclipse spanned its path across North America. It made its way across the continent on Monday, April 8, spanning from Mexico to Canada. Mashable has all the info on its path of totality, which began in Mexico around 11 a.m. ET and continued to make its way north throughout...

Forgot to pick up your eclipse glasses and didn’t have any cereal boxes around? Couldn’t get out of that meeting, or stuck in the subway? If you missed this year’s solar eclipse — or are gutted you weren’t in the path of totality — you still have another chance to view the celestial event. You...

If you walked outside during the middle of the day on Monday, April 8, you may have noticed something peculiar: It was a whole lot darker than it usually is. Millions of people watched the solar eclipse on April 8, particularly those within the celestial event’s “path of totality” — a.k.a. when the moon’s shadow...