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NEWS ABOUT: solar eclipse

solar eclipse stories: 8 news summaries

 China Scientists Report UFO 

Researchers analyzing 40 minutes of film during July solar eclipse

Sep 7, 09 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese scientists have reported filming a UFO for 40 minutes during the solar eclipse in July, reports the Telegraph. Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing said they will study the footage for a full year before they issue any conclusions. Scientists "discovered near the sun an unidentified... More »

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China • space • UFO • extraterrestrial life • solar eclipse • observatory • Purple Mountain Observatory

(Newser) - A woman was killed early today in a stampede at the Ganges River where thousands of devout Hindus gathered to witness a total eclipse of the sun, AP reports. Millions poured outside to see the longest eclipse of the 21st Century. But many in the superstitious nation fearfully huddled indoors... More »

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India • death • eclipse • stampede • solar eclipse • Ganges River

(Newser) - Wednesday’s total solar eclipse is eliciting fear and speculation across the Indian subcontinent, AFP reports. A New Delhi gynecologist says caesarian sections scheduled for the day of the eclipse have been canceled. “This is a belief deeply rooted in Indian society,” he said. “Couples are willing... More »

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India • moon • superstition • solar eclipse • shadow • astrologer • astrology

 Chinese Cheered by Eclipse 

Nation desperate for good sign a week before Olympics

Aug 1, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(AP) - Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate. After an Olympic year of freakish natural disasters, crowds of Chinese watched a total solar eclipse along the country's ancient Silk Road on Friday, one week before the start of the Summer Games in Beijing, the AP reports. More »

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China • earthquake • disaster • solar eclipse

 Eclipse Draws 15K to Siberia 

Thousands flock to Russia for rare solar spectacle despite threat of rain

Jul 31, 08 11:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prospects of rare total solar eclipse have drawn thousands of sky-watchers to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, where the moon’s passage between the earth and sun will create 140 seconds of darkness at 5:45 pm local time today. Hotels in the city—Russia’s third-largest—are fully booked,... More »

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China • Russia • astronomy • Canada • Siberia • Mongolia • solar eclipse • Novosibirsk

Pre-Olympics Eclipse
May Give Chinese Jitters

A solar eclipse shortly before the Olympics won't bring doom, 'experts' say

Jul 29, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eager to shake its reputation for being superstitious, China will be downplaying a total solar eclipse—once seen as a portent of disaster—Aug. 1, a week before the Beijing Olympics, AFP reports. Feng shui and astrology experts are predicting that the eclipse, visible in China but not Beijing, will... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • omen • superstition • Astrology • solar eclipse


 How to Take
 a Solar Eclipse
 Road Trip 

Hit the right spot and see 93M miles into the distance

Jul 12, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of people will trek to the hinterlands on August 1 just to stand in the dark for three minutes. The reason: a total solar eclipse is set to sweep over a path spanning from China to Canada. Wired clues would-be eclipse chasers in on ways to maximize each sunless... More »

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astronomy • travel • tourism • sun • road trip ideas • eclipse • travel tips • solar eclipse

Astronomers Trace Homer's Wandering Hero

Experts tie Odysseus' return to Ithaca with
real eclipse in 1178

Jun 24, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homer's Odyssey is 2,700 years old, and the events it describes happened centuries earlier. But two scientists claim in a new paper that they've traced one line in the epic poem—a possible reference to an eclipse—to a real astronomical event. Classicists might take issue, writes the New ... More »

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astronomy • Greece • poetry • eclipse • ancient Greece • Homer • solar eclipse

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