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1. Gallery of July 11 Solar Eclipse Images

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   The July 11, 2010 solar eclipse, as seen on Easter Island. Credit: Jonathan Doochin & Michael Doochin On July 11, 2010, the new moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse. ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

2. The View From Easter Island

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   On July 11, 2010, the new moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse in the South Pacific. In this image, the solar eclipse is shown in gray and white from a photo provided ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

3. Carnival of Space #162: World Cup/Eclipse Edition

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   This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Paul Sutherland at Skymania. Click here to read the Carnival of Space #162. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past ... Tuesday, 13 July 2010

4. Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: July 9-11, 2010

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   ... interested in catching a total solar eclipse! If you can't travel that close, then let's travel far, far away as we take a look at the season's globular clusters… from easy to challenging! ... Friday, 09 July 2010

5. July 11 Total Eclipse Among the Mysterious Moai

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   The Moai statues on Easter Island. A group of astronomers are now on the mysterious Easter Island, one of the few solid places to stand on Earth where a total solar eclipse will be visible on July 11, ... Friday, 09 July 2010

6. Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: June 25-27, 2010

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   ... up on a partial lunar eclipse whose beginning – or end – will be visible to most of us. Check your times carefully, because this one crosses the international date line! While you're ... Friday, 25 June 2010

7. Partial Lunar Eclipse Visible June 26, 2010

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   Wake up, SkyWatchers! A partial lunar eclipse is coming your way on June 26, 2010. While the real visible action will be best in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, observers to the east will be able to ... Thursday, 24 June 2010

8. Rhapsody in Black

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   This silhouette of Saturn was taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Feb. 13, 2010. Although the sun is eclipsed by Saturn in this dramatic image, some sunlight scatters through the uppermost part of the atmosphere ... Sunday, 06 June 2010

9. Unique Eclipsing Binary Star System Discovered

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   ... eclipses were discovered during observations of the star NLTT 11748 with the Faulkes Telescope North of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT), a UCSB-affiliated institution. NLTT 11748 is ... Tuesday, 18 May 2010

10. Astronomers Capture A Rare Stellar Eclipse In Opening Scene Of Year-Long Show

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    Washington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2010 - For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the eclipse of the star Epsilon Aurigae by its mysterious, less luminous companion star. Very high-resolution images, ... Wednesday, 07 April 2010

11. Astronomers Image Mysterious Dark Object That Eclipses Epsilon Aurigae

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    ... eclipses the primary star. The new images from an instrument developed at the University of Michigan appear to confirm that theory. "It kind of blows my mind that we could capture this," said ... Wednesday, 07 April 2010

12. This is Getting Boring: General Relativity Passes Yet another Big Test!

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    ... (GR) passed its first big test just a few years later, when the predicted gravitational deflection of light passing near the Sun was observed during the 1919 solar eclipse. In 1960, GR passed its first ... Thursday, 18 March 2010

13. An XO For Valentine’s Day…

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    ... a “mini eclipse”. While Venus can be easily observed against the solar disc, the extended XO-3b planet only presented as a dim singular dot in the sky. While it’s total brightness only ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

14. An XO For Valentine's Day…

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    ... sun and the Earth), featuring a "mini eclipse". While Venus can be easily observed against the solar disc, the extended XO-3b planet only presented as a dim singular dot in the sky. While it's ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

15. Mystery of the Fading Star

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    ... years, then brightens. Although amateur and professional astronomers have observed the system extensively, the nature of both the bright star and the companion object that periodically eclipses it have ... Tuesday, 02 February 2010

16. Satellite Captures Solar Eclipse from Space

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    Solar eclipse seen by Proba-2's SWAP instrument. Credit: ESA The recently launched Proba-2 satellite was able to observe the annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2010, with stunning results. The ... Tuesday, 26 January 2010

17. A Double-Dose of Cassini Goodness

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    The Cassini mission is just a non-stop faucet of fantastic images! Here are two that were released today, for your viewing pleasure. The first image, above, is an eclipse of Saturn's moon Tethys, ... Monday, 25 January 2010

18. Eclipse Sunspots Signal Increased Activity

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    Sun sunspots show up during the recent annular eclipse. Credit: Shehal Joseph and Romayne Anthony Astrophotographers capturing the recent annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2010 got an added bonus: ... Tuesday, 19 January 2010

19. Annular Eclipse Photos, Videos From Earth and Space

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    Caption: Annular solar eclipse on January 15, 2009. Courtesy Daniel Fischer, "cosmos4u" on Twitter. The first of two solar eclipses to occur in 2010 took place Friday, January 15. This ... Monday, 18 January 2010

20. India Launched 11 Rockets to Monitor Eclipse

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    India launched a small fleet of rockets to monitor the effects of the annular solar eclipse that occurred today. A total of 11 Rohini sounding rockets – suborbital rockets designed for scientific ... Friday, 15 January 2010