Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez successfully retained his undisputed super middleweight championship in Las Vegas on Saturday, defeating fellow Mexican Jaime Munguia by unanimous decision. Munguia looked dangerous heading into the fight, boasting an undefeated record of 43-0, including 34 knockouts. Meanwhile, Alvarez had won his three previous fights by decision but was searching for his first […]
North America has experienced two transcontinental total solar eclipses within the last seven years, and these satellite images compare the crisscrossing paths of totality. In 2017, a total solar eclipse moved from northwest regions to southeast areas, sweeping from Oregon to South Carolina and casting a shadow across 14 U.S. states coast-to-coast for the first […]
Happy Halifax Resolves Days weekend, which is a thing. The thing happened on Friday 248 years ago when a bunch of frat guys in wigs high-fived and chest-bumped, declaring it was time to move out of the house from their boring Brit parents. Someone from the North Carolina Provincial Congress shouted “Don’t Tread on ACC […]
Apr. 9—If seeing the total solar eclipse yesterday has you pumped up for the next eclipse that can be viewed from Ohio, we have you covered. Solar eclipses are spectacular but Lunar eclipses can be amazing as well. MORE ECLIPSE COVERAGE: What our reporters experienced — Photos across the area What kinds of eclipses are […]
The April 8 total solar eclipse is almost upon us. The event will see the sky over the a band of the United States, Mexico, and Canada darken as the moon totally covers the sun along a 115-mile-wide (185 kilometers) and 10,000-mile-long (16,000 km) strip called the path of totality. In the U.S., the eclipse […]
The next total solar eclipse takes shape Monday, April 8, when an overlap between the sun and the moon is expected to darken daylight skies over parts of North America and ask awestruck Earthlings to briefly reckon with their place in the universe. It will mark the United States’ first total solar eclipse since August […]
For years, small groups of astronomy enthusiasts have traveled the globe chasing the rare solar eclipse. They have embarked on cruises to the middle of the ocean, taken flights into the eclipse’s path and even traveled to Antarctica. In August 2017, millions across the U.S. witnessed a total solar eclipse visible from Oregon to South […]
Guest Opinion. Seven years ago, I stood atop a sagebrush bluff in eastern Oregon, waiting for the coming total eclipse of the sun. As we gathered, talked, and laughed, the air cooled and the yellow landscape faded into muted tones. Ten minutes before totality, in a half-light like some strange Instagram filter, a Brewer’s Sparrow started […]
Editor’s Note: Jason Colavito (@JasonColavito) is a writer and culture critic based in upstate New York. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The New Republic, Slate, and elsewhere. He is the author of several books including “Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean,” which will be published this fall. The opinions expressed in this commentary are […]
The 2024 solar eclipse, set for April 8, is a few days away, and with the next total solar eclipse taking place in 20 years, you won’t want to miss it. Many Indiana viewers will have a front row seat to watch the rare phenomenon. Can you guess how fast a solar eclipse shadow travels? […]
Students are on the brink of an out-of-this-world learning opportunity. On April 8, more than 750 college students across the United States will launch hundreds of weather balloons into the atmosphere to research, observe and engage with the total solar eclipse as a part of a student initiative spearheaded by the Montana Space Grant Consortium. […]
We live in a light-polluted world, where streetlamps, electronic ads and even backyard lighting block out all but the brightest celestial objects in the night sky. But travel to an officially protected “Dark Sky” area, gaze skyward and be amazed. This is the view of the heavens people had for millennia. Pre-modern societies watched the […]