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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Christine Darden, Ph.D, of Monroe, NC, was part of a generation of women of color blazing trails through the male-...
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Frank Graff talks moon walks and what's it's like in space with Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke...and plays cornhole...
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"The sky connects us. What's above us unites us." The science team met astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison this week, the first...
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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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Visitors to a state park near Charlotte may be loving the area to death… with cars backed up on crowded weekends and...
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Merchants Millpond State Park supports 21 species of snakes. That's a good thing. From the UNC Hussman School of...
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Lake Waccamaw has been bombarded with threats over the years—rising waters, algal blooms, excess nutrients, etc.—but...
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Hemp is a cannabis plant, a variant of marijuana, that until recently was considered a drug. Growing it is state-...