For the first time in 99 years, a solar eclipse cast its shadow across the United States on Monday, August 21, 2017, with with western North Carolina in the path of totality. All North Carolinians saw a partial solar eclipse. Check out this map to take a closer look at the path of totality.
See more great UNC-TV Science solar eclipse videos, blog posts and educational resources below.
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Lenoir-Rhyne students were one of 30 teams launching high altitude balloons to study the eclipse. Here’s what they...
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Students at Lenoir-Rhyne University join a NASA program to launch high altitude balloons that will capture images and...
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An NC astrophysicist's chance discovery turns out to be a rare, double-ringed galaxy 359 million light years from Earth.
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