Roaming Astronomer

Total solar eclipses have always captivated our attention. They have even made their way into our music. See how many of these songs you re...

When it comes to looking at the sun, safety comes first! Here are some important questions and answers about solar viewing safety. Ana...

The Sun is a huge, glowing ball at the center of our solar system. The sun provides light, heat, and other energy to Earth. The sun is mad...

um-bra-phile (ˈəm-brə-ˌfī(-ə)l) noun . 1. an avid observer of, or a person with a great interest in, eclipses. [from Latin umbra ‘shade’ ...

There are less than two months until the August 21 total solar eclipse. The path of totality will pass from coast to coast across the entir...

Pinhole Camera You don't need a lot of money to observe a solar eclipse in complete safety. With just a few simple supplies, you c...

Trivia: The Ugarit Total Solar Eclipse In 1948, a clay tablet was discovered in the port city of Ugarit in Northern Syria. In the text...

Trivia: The Total Solar Eclipse of January 1, 1889, also known as the New Year’s Day Eclipse of 1889. The path of totality began in the B...

On June 21, representatives from NASA, other federal agencies, and science organizations, provided important viewing safety, travel and sc...

Saturn's shadow across the rings, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute The ...

Saturn eclipsing the sun, seen from behind by the Cassini orbiter. Earth can be seen as a small dot between the rings on the upper, left...

or-bit (ˈȯr-bət) noun . 1. a. A path described by one body in its revolution about another (as by the earth about the sun or by an electro...

e-clipse  ( i-ˈklips)  noun.   1. a. The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another.  b. The passing into the shadow of a ...

On August 21, millions of people will look skyward to witness a spectacle not seen in 38 years—a total eclipse over the continental United ...

Friday marked the first year on orbit for NASA's newest solar observatory. On June 27, 2013, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph ...

NASA held a media teleconference this morning to discuss yesterday’s near-space test flight of the agency's Low-Density Supersonic Dece...

NASA has reported that at approximately 5:05pm EDT today, the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle successfully dropped ...

After a series of weather delays, NASA will attempt to launch the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) into Earth's atmosphere to...

This coming Monday will mark a decade since a bus-sized robotic traveler from Earth first soared over the icy rings of Saturn and fired it...

The concept known as Plato seems destined to be the next mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision program. Plato was chosen by an expert panel a...