ECLIPSES

News About Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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Solar Eclipse to Sweep Across Australia, Pacific Islands
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
An annular eclipse of the Sun, when a ring of everyday Sun remains around the Moon's silhouette, will sweep across the Australian outback and into the Pacific O...
The syzygy season of 2012
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
The end of the world - mis-predicted from the Mayan calendar for December 2012 - failed to live up to expectations, but the year was still a memorable one for c...
Proba-2 soaks up three solar eclipses
Nov 15, 2012 (ESA)
ESA's Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses last night while lucky observers watching from northern Australia were treated to ...
Sky-gazers in awe of total eclipse
Nov 14, 2012 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of sky-gazers flocked to Australia's tropical north Wednesday to watch the moon block out the sun in one of nature's greatest phenomena -- a t...
Eclipse hunters chase sun to tropical Australia
Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)
It lasts for barely two minutes, but the chance to witness the eerie spectacle of day turning briefly to night in a solar eclipse has brought thousands of shado...
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Nov 12, 2012 (SPX)
People from around the world are converging on the coast of northeast Australia. The attraction isn't the Great Barrier Reef, just offshore, or the surrounding ...
Total Solar Eclipse In Australia, Nov. 14
Nov 06, 2012 (SPX)
A total eclipse of the Sun will be visible from the northeastern Australia coast, along the Great Barrier Reef, about an hour after sunrise on November 14 there...
Total Solar Eclipse - Australia 14 November 2012
Nov 05, 2012 (SPX)
A total eclipse of the Sun is arguably nature's most spectacular and awe-inspiring phenomenon. Australia will play host to such an event next week and all eyes ...
Asia witnesses partial lunar eclipse
Jun 04, 2012 (AFP)
The first partial lunar eclipse of the year provided dramatic scenes across Asia late Monday, with a clear moon visible to many as the event unfolded. While Aus...
Partial Eclipse of the Strawberry Moon
May 30, 2012 (SPX)
On June 4th, 2012, there's going to be a full Moon. According to Native American folklore it's the Strawberry Moon, so-called because the short season for harve...
China to see 14 solar eclipses this century
May 22, 2012 (XNA)
People in eastern Chinese regions saw an annular eclipse of the sun Monday morning, the longest eclipse in terms of duration for the next 1,000 years, according...
Proba-2 catches solar eclipse
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
Europe missed Sunday's solar eclipse on the other side of the planet but ESA's space weather microsatellite Proba-2 passed repeatedly through the Moon's shadow....
Hinode Mission to Capture Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend
May 21, 2012 (SPX)
On May 20-21, 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor along Earth's northern Hemisphere - beginning in eastern Asia, cr...
Solar Eclipse to Sweep North America on Sunday, May 20th
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
People with clear skies across most of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico will experience a partial eclipse of the Sun late this Sunday afternoon (May 20, 2012). Only...
Solar Eclipse this Weekend
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
Something strange is about to happen to the shadows beneath your feet. On Sunday, May 20th, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across...
China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse
May 15, 2012 (AFP)
At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Ear...
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