World News Headlines December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling 0 NASA’s deep space satellite captures the dark shadow of an eclipse on Earth 0 0000 0 0 more NASA’s deep space satellite captures the dark shadow of an eclipse on Earth December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found December 9, 2021 Under One Ceiling NASA’s deep space satellite captures the dark shadow of an eclipse on Earth At 1 million miles from Earth, the distant DSCOVR satellite, aka the Deep Space Climate Observatory, recently captured the moon’s eerie shadow over Antarctica. The intriguing, relatively rare event occurred in the early hours of Dec. 4. The moon moved into a perfect position between Earth and the sun, called a total solar eclipse. NASA posted an image on Instagram showing the resulting shadow over Antarctica. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station spotted the eclipse, too. “For a total solar eclipse to take place, the Sun, Moon, and Earth must line up exactly,” the space agency wrote. Down in extremely remote Antarctica, few people (but likely many penguins) experienced the effects of the eclipse. It’s an eerie, otherworldly event. The moon blotches out the sun; the sky darkens; and the eclipse (by blocking the sun’s extreme radiance) reveals our star’s ghostly outer atmosphere, called the corona. View this post on Instagram From a distance over four times farther away than the moon, the six-year-old DSCOVR satellite regularly beams back a full view of Earth. It takes a picture every two hours. One of DSCOVR’s primary missions, however, is to monitor space weather. This includes the solar wind, a beam of particles from the sun that can at times threaten to disrupt our power grids, cell phone networks, and beyond. SEE ALSO: NASA’s sci-fi mission to move an asteroid is crucial for humanity We won’t experience a total solar eclipse in 2022. The next total solar eclipse on Earth will happen on April 20, 2023. But the following one on April 8, 2024 promises to be epic. It will pass over a wide swathe of land from Mexico, into Texas, and across the nation through Maine. Related Related posts: Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in Rochester park tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous So, Netflix's 'The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window' looks bonkers next Belkin's speedy new chargers are worth it for Apple Watch Series 7 owners
