NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

When the sun goes dark: 5 questions answered about the solar eclipse

  • Written by Shannon Schmoll, Director, Abrams Planetarium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
imageNASA's projection of the August 21 solar eclipse.NASA

Editor’s note: A total solar eclipse will be visible across the U.S. on Monday, August 21. Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University, explains why and how it happens, and what we can learn from an eclipse.

How do we know when an eclipse is going to...

Read more: When the sun goes dark: 5 questions answered about the solar eclipse

More Articles ...

  1. Watching children learn how to lie
  2. If we keep subsidizing wind, will the cost of wind energy go down?
  3. Learning new tricks from sea sponges, nature's most unlikely civil engineers
  4. How Greece could escape debtors' prison – if Europe opens the door
  5. Imagining Russia post-Putin
  6. One way to promote green infrastructure in your city
  7. Why shifting regulatory power to the states won't improve the environment
  8. How welfare's work requirements can deepen and prolong poverty: Rose's story
  9. Why the creators of '13 Reasons Why' should pay attention to the spike in suicide-related Google searches
  10. Soundscapes in the past: Adding a new dimension to our archaeological picture of ancient cultures
  11. How hot weather – and climate change – affect airline flights
  12. Inside the fight against malware attacks
  13. This math puzzle will help you plan your next party
  14. The true failure of foreign language instruction
  15. A trans soldier in the ancient Roman army?
  16. Henry David Thoreau’s views of 19th-century media resonate today
  17. Facing the threat from North Korea: 5 essential reads
  18. Is your drinking water safe? Here's how you can find out
  19. A big hurdle do-good companies face
  20. Are State Department cuts a major setback for genocide prevention?
  21. When do moviegoers become pilgrims?
  22. Welfare as we know it now: 6 questions answered
  23. Creating a high-speed internet lane for emergency situations
  24. Concussions and CTE: More complicated than even the experts know
  25. Why you may not need all those days of antibiotics
  26. Is Congress' plan to save Puerto Rico working?
  27. Nutrient pollution: Voluntary steps are failing to shrink algae blooms and dead zones
  28. The backstory behind the unions that bought a Chicago Sun-Times stake
  29. Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?
  30. Bridges and roads as important to your health as what's in your medicine cabinet
  31. Trump isn't letting Obamacare die; he's trying to kill it
  32. Why crowds aren’t always wise: Lessons from mini-flash crashes on Wall Street
  33. Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now's the time to work out the ethics
  34. Measuring up US infrastructure against other countries
  35. Data science can help us fight human trafficking
  36. Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
  37. Storing data in DNA brings nature into the digital universe
  38. Thinking like an economist can make your next trip abroad cheaper
  39. Reviving the war on drugs will further harm police-community relations
  40. What marsupials taught us about embryo implantation could help women using IVF
  41. To restore our soils, feed the microbes
  42. The D.A.R.E. Sessions wants is better than D.A.R.E.
  43. Trump's 'America first' strategy for NAFTA talks won't benefit US workers
  44. Self-driving cars are coming – but are we ready?
  45. When the federal budget funds scientific research, it's the economy that benefits
  46. George Romero's zombies will make Americans reflect on racial violence long after his death
  47. Do we have too many national monuments? 4 essential reads
  48. When Pat and Bob nearly saved health care reform: A lesson in Senatorial bedside manner
  49. How electric vehicles could take a bite out of the oil market
  50. The US health economy is big, but is it better?