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METRO DETROIT — A total solar eclipse brought all ages out to marvle at the sky Monday, April 8. In metro Detroit, some schools let students out early or cancelled classes, and streams of skywatchers clogged some freeways for a better view in Ohio.

Ohio, Indiana, and a small portion of Michigan will be in the path of the total solar eclipse, providing a nearly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for residents to see it within driving distance.

University of Michigan researchers are preparing cameras, weather balloons, radio antennas and other scientific instruments, as well as young citizen scientist collaborators, for this opportunity. The next total solar eclipse won't come to the U.S. for another 20 years. U-M experts are available to

The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the suns outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moons silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the

The April 8 total eclipse will reveal the suns outer atmosphere as a tangle of light that outlines the moons silhouette like a crown. This image inspired the

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Planet Nine may NOT exist after all: Unusual orbits detected in the outer solar system may be an ILLUSION, study claims The theory behind Planet Nine came about after strange clustering was found in some deep space objects at the edges of the solar system beyond Neptune  Astronomers examined the orbits of these Extreme Trans-Neptunian objects  They found no evidence of any actual clustering suggesting a selection bias   This rules out these objects as evidence that Planet Nine actually exis...