Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 16, 2016 - On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, a total eclipse will cross the entire country, coast-to-coast, for the first time since 1918. Weather permitting, the entire continent will have the opportunity to view an eclipse as the moon passes in front of the sun, casting a shadow on Earth's surface. And plans for this once-in-a-lifetime eclipse are underway - scientists are submitting research proposals, NASA is ... more

Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 16, 2016 - Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of a new solar system. For the first time they have seen how a powerful whirlwind shoot out from the rotating disc of gas and dust surrounding the young star. The results have been published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature. A new solar system is formed in a lar ... more

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