While the Moon was busy passing between the Sun and Earth for an eclipse in 2011, the space station made a cameo.
Published Jan 7, 2011
For the first time in history, and the last time for a century, astronauts captured images of the planetary transit as viewed from orbit.
Published Jun 7, 2012
Fifteen years ago this month, the European Space Agency and NASA launched SOHO, a satellite that fundamentally changed our understanding of the Sun and how it affects our planet.
Published Dec 7, 2010
A comet rises into view from the east around the December solstice.
Published Jan 1, 2012
For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.
Published Feb 17, 2011
A famous captain once spied the passage of a planet between Sun and Earth. You can, too.
Published Jun 3, 2012
Our Sun experienced fewer sunspots in 2008 than it had since the 1957 launch of Sputnik. As of Sun-Earth Day on March 20, 2009, the Sun was continuing its quiet pattern.
Published Mar 20, 2009
With sixteen sunrises and sunsets, astronauts have a lot of chances to see our nearest solar system neighbor.
Published Jun 23, 2019
The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral shadow cast by the Moon as it moved between the Sun and the Earth during the solar eclipse on March 29, 2006. This astronaut image captures the shadow across southern Turkey, northern Cyprus, and the Mediterranean Sea. People living in these regions observed a total solar eclipse, in which the Moon completely covers the Sun’s disk. The astronaut photograph was taken at approximately 2:00 p.m. local time. The terminator of the eclipse—the line between the light and dark parts of the Sun’s disk— is visible as it passes across central Turkey. The portion of the ISS visible at image top is the Space Station Remote Manipulator System.
Published Mar 31, 2006
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