Not exact matches
The
rare spectacle
of a total solar
eclipse has given scientists throughout history fleeting opportunities to delve into everything from the
sun's chemistry to Einsteinian relativity to Earth's place in the solar system.
Leah Crane joined solar researchers to watch yesterday's
eclipse, a
rare chance to look at a scorching ring
of space around the
sun that we can almost never see
This summer's total solar
eclipse revealed
rare views
of the
sun's corona, its outermost layers
of plasma millions
of degrees in temperature.
The March 20, 2015, total solar
eclipse over Svalbard gave Habbal's team a
rare view
of the whole solar atmosphere because the moon and the
sun appear almost the same size in the sky.
Total
eclipses in which the moon completely obscures the
sun are
rare, only gracing any given part
of the planet once every 360 years on average (at least 12 states in the U.S. will be able to witness one in August).