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Bonnie Tyler To Sing 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' Aboard Cruise Ship During Totality
WorldNews.com | 17 Aug 2017
A classic pop song and the universe will align Monday when Welsh songstress Bonnie Tyler sings her hit song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" aboard a cruise ship positioned in the path of an actual eclipse, Time Magazine reports. Guests aboard the Royal Caribbean's "Total Eclipse Cruise" have an extra surprise in store for their once-in-a-lifetime...
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Why Texas isn't worried about solar eclipse wiping out enough energy to power 120,000 homes
The Dallas Morning News | 17 Aug 2017
When the sun dims dramatically Monday morning, that would be like an entire power plant unit shutting down for the Lone Star State's electricity grid. The much-anticipated solar eclipse will wipe out about 600 megawatts worth of electricity generation from Texas' growing solar power industry, according to officials with ERCOT, which manages the...
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NASA to study Earth's ionosphere during total solar eclipse
Yahoo Daily News | 11 Aug 2017
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) NASA has said it is taking advantage of the August 21 total solar eclipse to better our understanding of Earth's ionosphere, a very perplexing region which grows and shrinks based on solar conditions. The total solar eclipse will have some imperceptible effects, such as the sudden loss of extreme ultraviolet radiation from...
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'Shadow Lovers' Roam The Globe Following Solar Eclipses
WorldNews.com | 31 Jul 2017
They travel the world, but their focus is never on a destination. They're obsessed with one type of experience, but they're not addicts. They sometimes wager their finances, safety and time on one specific outcome, but they're not gamblers. They're eclipse chasers, and on Aug. 21, they have the chance to show millions of Americans why their passion...
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List Of Solar Eclipses In The 21st Century
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NASA balloons to study total solar eclipse
The Siasat Daily | 28 Jul 2017
New York: NASA is collaborating with student teams across the US to send balloons into the sky in one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, which will also help expand the understanding about life beyond Earth. NASA's 'Eclipse Balloon Project', led by Angela Des Jardins from...
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Solar eclipse 2017: Nasa issues safety guide to people waiting for the sun to disappear
The Independent | 24 Jul 2017
A total solar eclipse is set to sweep over America. But making sure that everyone there can enjoy it...
US to experience rare total solar eclipse
The Times of India | 22 Jun 2017
WASHINGTON: For the first time in almost a century the United States is preparing for a coast-to-coast solar eclipse, a rare celestial event millions of Americans, with caution, will be able to observe. During the eclipse on August 21, the first of its kind since 1918, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth, casting a dark shadow and making...
Wikipedia: Solar eclipse
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"Ring Of Fire" Eclipse Sweeps Across South America And Africa
IFL Science | 27 Feb 2017
Observers in South America and Africa were treated to a gorgeous annular eclipse yesterday, when the Sun creates a "ring of fire" around the Moon. The full eclipse was visible in southern Chile and Argentina, and parts of Africa including...
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Glance Skyward Friday For Triple-Feature Astronomical Show
WorldNews.com | 10 Feb 2017
This weekend promises to be a celestial triple-play for anyone who is willing to spend some time outdoors staring into the vast nothingness of space on a few cold evenings, CNET reports. Kicking off the weekend Friday is a penumbral lunar eclipse, a full "snow moon" and a comet both occurring in a rare convergence at night, the report said....
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Catch A Lunar Eclipse And A Comet In Friday's Night Sky
Get ready, stargazers. You're about to be treated to a double load of astronomical events, with a lunar eclipse on the same night a distant comet will be visible from Earth. The duo will hit the skies on Friday, February 10. First up, you'll...
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It's Coming! Get Ready for the 'Great American Total Solar Eclipse' of 2017
Space | 02 Jan 2017
The year of the Great American Total Solar Eclipse is upon us. On Aug. 21, the moon will completely blot out the sun for observers in 12 states, from Oregon to South Carolina, in the first total solar eclipse visible from the United States mainland since ......
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It's One Year Until A Total Solar Eclipse Sweeps Across America
IFL Science | 19 Aug 2016
Where are you going to be on Monday August 21, 2017? If the answer is not in the US, you might want to revise your plans. Because next year, for the first time since 1979, a total solar eclipse is going to pass over the contiguous US (the last non-contiguous eclipse was in Hawaii in 1991). The path of totality, where the Moon will completely...
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Alleged owner of world's biggest piracy site Kickass Torrents arrested
The Times of India | 21 Jul 2016
WASHINGTON: A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world's biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. The Justice Department unveiled a criminal complaint against Artem Vaulin, 30, of Kharkiv,...
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Millions Of Indonesians Witness Total Solar Eclipse
WorldNews.com | 09 Mar 2016
People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. The rare astronomical event was witnessed along a narrow path that stretched...
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Eclipse to be marked with tribal rituals and prayers in Indonesia
South China Morning Post | 08 Mar 2016
A total solar eclipse will sweep across the vast Indonesian archipelago this week, witnessed by hordes of sky gazers and marked by parties, colourful tribal rituals and Muslim prayers. From jungle-clad Sumatra in the west to the spice-fringed Maluku Islands in the east, people will flock on Wednesday to watch the eclipse travel in a broad arc...
Southeast Asia Gets Front-Row Seat To Only Total Eclipse Of Sun in 2016
People living in certain parts of Southeast Asia are in for a celestial delight on Tuesday, March 8, when a total eclipse of the sun is...
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Tourists from 12 countries to watch solar eclipse in Palembang
Antara News | 24 Feb 2016
Palembang, S Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Hundreds of tourists from 12 countries have made reservations in star-rated hotels in Palembang to watch the total solar eclipse (TSE) that will occur on March 9, 2016....
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'Supermoon' set to coincide with lunar eclipse
BBC News | 27 Sep 2015
Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon". A supermoon occurs when the Moon is as close as it can be to Earth, meaning that it appears larger in the sky. The eclipse - expected to make the Moon appear red in colour - will be visible in North America, South America, West Africa...
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Solar eclipse around the world
Detroit news | 20 Mar 2015
People look at the solar eclipse darkening the sky in Nice, France, Friday. A partial eclipse of varying degrees was visible, depending on weather conditions, across most of Europe, northern Africa, northwest Asia and the Middle East, before finishing its show close to the North Pole. Lionel Cironneau, AP Fullscreen The moon blocks part of...
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Schoolchildren banned from watching eclipse on 'relgious and cultural' grounds
The Daily Telegraph | 20 Mar 2015