The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on ...

The charged layer of Earth’s atmosphere gets uncharged during an eclipse, and that could have implications for everything from GPS accuracy to earthquake prediction.

Six years ago on Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse trekked from Oregon to South Carolina, becoming perhaps the most widely observed such phenomenon in history.

It was the eclipse felt ‘round the world. The August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse that crossed the United States launched a wave in the upper atmosphere that was detected nearly an hour later ...

What experts expect to learn during solar eclipse 08:03. Move away from a campfire, and as one might expect, the temperature will quickly drop. Move away from the sun's surface, and the ...

With the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse only a few weeks away, astronomers have revealed what the sun's outer atmosphere is likely to look like as the sun disappears behind the moon. The Aug. 21 ...

The solar eclipse that swept across the U.S. on Monday, August 21, may have been the most thoroughly documented in world history--including its meteorological effects.

With the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse only a few weeks away, astronomers have revealed what the sun's outer atmosphere is likely to look like as the sun disappears behind the moon. The Aug. 21 ...

During today's total solar eclipse, ham radio operators around the country are teaming up to study the secrets of our atmosphere. The eclipse is due to hit the United States over Texas, with the ...

That's high enough to study disturbances during a total solar eclipse in the ionosphere, a region of Earth’s atmosphere between 55 to 310 miles above the ground.

Two satellites have delicately pulled off an artificial solar eclipse, giving scientists a new look at the Sun's outer atmosphere.