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We've come a long way!

This is how Jupiter protects Earth. It acts as a gatekeeper for our planet, preventing most asteroids from entering the inner orbits of the solar system.

Unbelievable experience. Blown away. Amazing. #SolarEclipse2024

During a solar eclipse, the gaps between leaves on trees act as multiple pinhole cameras,

and each gap projects its own crescent-shaped image of the eclipsed sun onto the ground.

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#OTD April 9, 1959,
NASA introduced its first astronaut class

- The Mercury Seven -

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In case you have ever wondered, this is what a total solar eclipse look like from an airplane

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[📍 Flight 870 Anchorage to Honolulu, 2016]

El #EclipseSolar2024 desde Canadá Foto Abel Muciño

There it is! The spectacular total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024. 👏 Tell us in comments where you were to experience this once-in-a-lifetime moment.

📷: Sheetal Puri / CSA.

The Mercury Seven were the group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven & Astronaut Group 1. Their names were publicly announced by NASA on April 9, 1959

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The stunning view of the umbra from the International Space Station. From NASA live.

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Wow! Like the universe just showed us a secret.

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Happy solar eclipse day!

Here's the first solar eclipse photograph taken 173 years ago by Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski.

Take it all in.

We're getting our first views of the 2024 total solar #eclipse as its shadow makes landfall in Mazatlán, Mexico.

It's started!🌞😎
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Long before they had telescopes, humans kept an eye on the Sun.

1375 BCE: Babylonians used stone tablets to record solar eclipses.

Image: Babylonian Tablet listing eclipses between 518 and 465 BCE, mentioning the death of king Xerxes

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10 Solar eclipse facts that you probably didn't know about.

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Inflating the balloon to carry eclipse cameras up to the stratosphere. Launch in 20 min, wind permitting.

Chorus lyrics for ‘Strut’, lead single off ‘The Astronot’ soundtrack. Influenced by ‘80s rock, the full 11-song release streams on all platforms at: hypeddit.com/pennanbrae/the…

#songlyrics #filmsoundtrack #rockandroll