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Pink Floyd's "Eclipse" climbs to top 10 on US iTunes chart thanks to solar eclipse frenzy, showcasing enduring popularity

The solar event coincides with one of the area's most popular art exhibits, the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival.

While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event. “Eclipses are very beautiful things, and everyone should be able to experience it once in their lifetime,” said Yuki Hatch, a high school senior in Austin, Texas. Hatch is a visually impaired student and a space enthusiast who hopes to one day become a computer scientist for NASA.

The most recent occurrence of the solar event that everyones talking about took place in New York in 1925.

Here are some interactive apps that will help immerse you in the Apr. 8., 2024 event.

Findings can help better understand water and atmosphere loss on Mars, scientists say

On Christmas Day last year, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft observed something entirely unexpected and exceedingly rare while orbiting Mars. It observed the almost complete "disappearance" of solar wind, the steady trickle of charged particles coming from the Sun, in the wake of a powerful solar event, according to NASA. The sudden lack of pressure from […]

Federal forecasters on Friday afternoon announced that "geomagnetic disturbances" due to incoming solar storms are likely here on Earth starting Saturday.

A new study describes how massive solar storms could destroy our electrical grids

From glasses to pinhole projectors, here’s how NASA recommends you safely view the annular solar eclipse.