There are two types of central solar eclipses: total and annular. During an annular eclipse, the sun's center is partially blocked, creating a visible ring around the moon. Solar eclipse glasses ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

A research team from the University of Arizona led by Irina Panyushkina and Timothy Jull is unlocking these arboreal secrets by carefully analyzing tree rings to reveal evidence of colossal solar ...

This, actually, is weird. Of the eight planets in the Solar System, half have rings of dust and ice orbiting their equator. Mars is thought to have once had a ring. Some of the dwarf planets have ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today. When you purchase through ...

Don’t confuse an annular and a total solar eclipse. On Saturday, October 14, an annular (ring) eclipse will be visible from a path across North, Central and South America. On that day ...