Total Solar Eclipse in Sunflower Field
NASA/Bill Ingalls This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse swept…
August 2026
10,033 tiny clay cats reenact the Civil War at a Gettysburg museum
A stone’s throw from the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg Battlefield, where over 51,000 soldiers died over three days, visitors can learn about the American Civil War with a medium…
APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
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A Sunflower’s View of Totality
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How one of the American Museum of Natural History’s most terrifying dioramas get clean
An unusual black box near the American Museum of Natural History’s (AMNH) iconic blue whale lures unsuspecting visitors to one of the museum’s most dramatic displays. A light that only…
Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science
How do you track the movements of the majestic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)? By giving each bug a solar-powered radio backpack, of course. The orange, black, and white polka-dotted pollinators…
Perseids Meteor Shower
NASA/Bill Dunford The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors in this photo from Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. The Perseids – one of the…
We smell different as we age. Here’s why.
We’ve all heard the saying: As we age, supposedly, we begin to develop a certain…telltale odor. Some describe it as evocative of a cozy grandparents’ house, old furniture, or closets…
APOD: 2026 August 13 – Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
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Cascade Volcanoes Shrouded in Smoke
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