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Arthur Eddington

Occupation

Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician

Year Born

1882

Research Areas

Nuclear fusion processes inside stars, General Relativity

A black and white portrait photograph of Arthur Eddington

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Elizabeth Brown

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Meteorologist, Solar Astronomer

Year born

1830

Research areas

Sunspots, Solar eclipses

$A photograph of Elizabeth Brown with her Wray refractor telescope.$

An eclipse is when objects in space line up. One object moves into the shadow of the other.

Sequence of images showing the progression of a total solar eclipse. The sequence captures the Sun being gradually obscured by the Moon, reaching totality with the Sun's corona visible, and then re-emerging — 2017 Solar Eclipse with Totality - Composite

Recreate a Solar Eclipse

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon stops the Sun’s

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Make your own pinhole camera

All of the light we receive on Earth comes from the Sun.

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What Happens During a Solar Eclipse?

A solar eclipse occurs when the Earth and Moon line up with the Sun. The Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth.

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