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Partial solar eclipse on Mar. 29

Best solar viewing gear 2025: Get prepared for the partial solar eclipse on March 29

With the upcoming partial solar eclipse on March 29, here are our top recommendations of solar viewing gear for getting the very best views safely, whatever your budget.

USA TODAY on MSN · 23h

Partial solar eclipse: When to watch the highly anticipated 'double sunrise' in 2025

How about a partial solar eclipse with your morning coffee? Space lovers in the northeastern U.S. and Canada will be able to view the rare event on Saturday. If participating, experts recommend having adequate eye wear for protection.

The New York Times · 8h

The 2025 Partial Solar Eclipse: When, Where and How to Watch

On Saturday, the moon will cast its shadow on Earth’s surface, a phenomenon that people in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa will get to experience as a partial solar eclipse.

James Webb telescope captures auroras on Neptune

The New York Times · 1d

Auroras Are Spotted on Neptune for the First Time, and Lead to a New Mystery

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier telescopes or spacecraft.

Interesting Engineering on MSN · 1d

NASA’s Webb telescope captures Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail for first time

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope used its Near-Infrared Spectrograph to capture Neptune’s auroras in stunning detail.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 23h

Check Out Neptune’s Beautiful Auroras, Captured for the First Time by the James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an observation of Neptune's lights remained elusive for decades

Astronomy on MSN12h

The Sky This Week from March 28 to April 4: Greet the First Quarter Moon

Plus: A solar eclipse and an occultation of the Pleiades as our satellite skims through several constellations in the sky ...

4hon MSN

NOAA's GOES-19 satellite releases new coronagraph data to public

Near real-time preliminary data from NOAA's first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the ...

Space Telescope Gaia Sent Into 'Retirement' But Legacy Endures

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of ...

Saying farewell to Gaia, as the Milky Way-mapping space telescope mission ends

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

How-To Geek on MSN5d

How a New Telescope Lens Could Rewrite the Rules of Astronomy

Here's how an innovative flat lens could solve these problems for satellites and space-based telescopes. Understanding ...

Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras in Stunning Detail

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles from the Sun, at the farthest ...

Space.com on MSN11d

Space photo of the day: Brilliant comet shines at sunset over observatory in Chile

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

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