'Unlike anything' else: A NASA scientist describes seeing a solar eclipse from outer space "It's an amazing experience and it's not going to happen again for 40 years in America," Virts says.

NASA astronaut Terry Virts saw the 2015 total solar eclipse from inside the International Space Station. “It was really kind of bizarre,” he said.

The moon’s shadow, or umbra, on earth was visible from the International Space Station as it orbited into the path of the solar eclipse over southeastern Canada on April 8, 2024. NASA ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on Earth, and are only visible along a narrow path. These events offer ...

This partial solar eclipse is so very early as a total solar eclipse. At its maximum point in the Nunavik region of Quebec, Canada, observers will see 94% of the sun blocked by the moon at sunrise.

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, but exactly how rare is now up for debate after the European Space Agency ...

It was the first total solar eclipse ever witnessed from outer space. The first total solar eclipse seen from space, photographed by Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell aboard Gemini 12 on November 12, 1966.

Two European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun ...

SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 This is what a solar eclipse looks like from outer space. A total solar eclipse is an impressive spectacle when viewed from the Earth, but a select few get front row seats to ...

A partial solar eclipse will come to Earth on Saturday, March 29, 2025, as the moon passes in front of the sun.From Earth, photographers will capture images of a bite being taken out of the sun ...

‘Amazing’ view of a total solar eclipse from outer space. Virts began his career with NASA in 2000 and retired in 2016, with two spaceflight missions under his belt.