What is an eclipse? How are they created? When is the next one? Find out all the answers to these questions and many more in the latest title from the team at Space.com. Learn how to safely observe an eclipse, uncover the secrets of the sun and get ready for the big event in April 2024!
WELCOME TO SPACE.COM PRESENTS: ECLIPSES
THE HEAVENS ALIGN
COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE MOON • Even though we know more about our natural satellite than any other celestial body – and have even visited it – the Moon continues to fascinate us
THE MOON AND TIDES
MEASURING UP THE MOON BY ITS DIAMETER
TWO SIDES OF THE MOON
HOW THE MOON MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE
THE MOON’S ORBIT
INSIDE AND OUT • Earth’s natural satellite shares some remarkable similarities with our home planet
THE MAGNETIC FIELD MYSTERY
THE MOON BY NUMBERS
ON THE SURFACE • The surface of the Moon is about contrasts: light and dark, hot and cold
A LUNAR WORLD TOUR
EXPLORING THE MOON: THE PAST
PRESENT AND FUTURE • We’ve been studying the Moon for thousands of years, and thanks to a host of pioneering missions we now know more about our satellite than ever before
EARTH TO THE MOON • Jump on board the Orion as we follow the route planned for the Artemis astronauts
MAIN MISSION OBJECTIVES
THE CITY OF ANGELS
TYPES OF ECLIPSE • Have you always wondered what the difference between a total solar eclipse and an annular solar eclipse is? Well allow us to shine some light on the matter
HYBRID SOLAR ECLIPSE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW • Hybrid solar eclipses occur just once every decade — and there’s one coming in 2031
15 FACTS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT ECLIPSES • Eclipses are one of nature’s most amazing spectacles, and here are a few things you (probably) didn’t know about them
HOW A SOLAR ECLIPSE FORMS • A solar eclipse is a consequence of an alignment of the Earth, Moon and Sun
THEY MUST BE OBSERVED WITH CARE
DIAMOND IN THE SKY
DOES EARTH HAVE A SECOND MOON? • There’s an asteroid tracking our planet’s orbit around the Sun, and astronomers have been surprised by its composition
KAMO‘OALEWA BY NUMBERS
PLOTTING KAMO‘OALEWA’S ORBIT • How the asteroid became Earth’s moon-like buddy
THE THEORIES • Astronomers have considered a few explanations for Kamo‘oalewa’s origin
DISCOVER THE UNIVERSE
10 WEIRDEST MOONS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM • Eclipses don’t just occur above planet Earth – our neighbours in the solar system can also find themselves cast into shadow
TRACING THE SKIES
BEHOLD: BAILY’S BEADS • We explore the science behind a sparkling light show that’s all down to the Moon’s many craters
SECRETS OF THE SUN: PHOTOSPHERE, CHROMOSPHERE AND CORONA • Each layer of the Sun’s atmosphere exhibits its own distinct traits
HOW SOLAR ECLIPSES IMPACT MOTHER NATURE • From flowers spontaneously shutting their petals to thousands of salmon washing ashore, eclipses can have a downright strange effect on plants and animals
SHADOW OF HISTORY
MESOPOTAMIAN MOON-WATCHERS • How were celestial alignments predicted and interpreted by this ancient civilisation?
NIGHTTIME ON THE NILE • Millennia of tracking the stars made the Egyptians masters of time
MAGIC IN THE MORMON STATE
ASTRONOMY AT THE ACROPOLIS • Moving away from mythology, Greek astronomers began to unlock the true nature of the heavens
INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY • From the Maya and Aztecs of South America to the Aboriginals of Australia, indigenous people have been studying the skies for thousands of years
ABORIGINAL STARGAZERS
BIG SKY: HOW NATIVE AMERICANS TRACKED THE MOON • To the indigenous Native...