Tyler Nordgren, author of “Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets,” presented the keynote address for SUNY Geneseo Ideas That Matter on Friday, October 13, 2023. Tyler Nordgren’s publication is the SUNY Geneseo Common Read for 2023-24. Nordgren is an Ithaca-based astronomer, author, and visual artist. […]
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On April 8, 2024, the moon’s shadow will pass directly over Geneseo, causing a total solar eclipse. The shadow will cross the North American Continent, from Mexico, through Texas and up through New York before exiting over the Canadian Maritime Provinces, traveling at over 2300 miles per hour as it passes over Geneseo. Path of […]
On Saturday, October 14th 2023, Geneseo (NY) experienced a partial solar eclipse. About 30% of the Sun was blocked by the Moon. This is only a glimpse of what will occur in Geneseo in April 2024. Annular (Partial) vs Total Solar Eclipses Annular eclipses are different from total solar eclipse in that the Moon doesn’t […]
Eclipses, or more precisely transits, are being used to find thousands of planets outside of our Solar System. Eclipses are generally described as “an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination” (Oxford Languages). In astronomy that happens during a […]
Eclipses can happen anywhere, anytime a celestial body passes in front of another with the consequence of blocking its light as seen from a third location. This page explores different eclipses that occurs elsewhere in our Solar System, often away from Earth. Solar Eclipses as seen from Mars In 2020, the NASA Rover Perseverance caught […]