eclipse

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Sensors on Orion recorded how its power and thermal systems coped for nearly an hour without direct sunlight and with rapid swings in heating and cooling as it moved through the eclipse.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Hansen said he was looking forward to an up-close view of the far side of the Moon and seeing "an eclipse of the Sun behind the Moon, which will be pretty neat."

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

But because fewer bettors typically back the underdog, payouts usually don’t eclipse sportsbooks’ overall revenue.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Think ahead: If you miss 2026’s eclipse, on August 2, 2027, another eclipse will sweep across North Africa and is said to be the century’s best, with the longest-lasting totality over land until 2114.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

If the earth had been a flat disk, the shadow would have been elongated and elliptical, unless the eclipse always occurred at a time when the sun was directly under the center of the disk.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking