Two weeks before a total solar eclipse crosses the United States, many other parts of the…
Author: NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR
Trilobites: Unlocking Mysteries in the Sun’s 11-Year Cycle
Two studies focused on the sun’s maximum and minimum periods of activity, yielding new findings about…
A College Town Gets Ready for Its Moment Under No Sun
One of the best places to view August’s solar eclipse, Carbondale, home to Southern Illinois University,…
Trilobites: Solving the Scorching Mystery of the Sun’s Erupting Plasma Jets
After decades of study, scientists have developed a model to explain how violent solar spicules form.
Trilobites: Summer Solstice: A Great Moment to Ponder the Sun
The scientific start to summer in the Northern Hemisphere this week comes ahead of a total…
Trilobites: Spotting Mysterious Twinkles on Earth From a Million Miles Away
Hundreds of reflections observed by a satellite are a result of ice crystals floating in clouds…
Trilobites: If Mars Is Colonized, We May Not Need to Ship In the Bricks
A new study suggests the material humanity needs to one day construct structures on Mars may…
Jeff Bezos Says He Is Selling $1 Billion a Year in Amazon Stock to Finance Race to Space
Standing with a reusable booster and a model of a capsule for carrying humans into space,…
Trilobites: Visualizing the Cosmic Streams That Spew Meteor Showers
Researchers recorded more than 300,000 meteoroid trajectories since 2010 to depict the drifting paths of meteor…
Trilobites: Lunar Eclipse and Green Comet Make for Busy Friday Night in the Sky
The casual skygazer shouldn’t expect much of a spectacle from the back-to-back penumbral lunar eclipse and…