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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America's astronauts all learned celestial navigation at Morehead Planetarium. More than 50 years after training there...
article Jockey's Ridge State Park is dangerously close to nearby homes and roads. Park officials are carting the sand back to...
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A unique, large scale study enlisting hundreds of citizen scientists with camera traps, find wild mammals thriving near...
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Turtles are threatened by traffic, lawn equipment and a shrinking habitat in North Carolina’s growing Research Triangle...
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Birds of prey are usually seen from afar. The Carolina raptor center brings visitors up close to engage in the natural...