eclipse
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The findings suggest that the eclipse was more than just a visual spectacle.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
And on April 6, they also witnessed a 54-minute solar eclipse as their capsule continued on its orbit.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
For Glover, the "greatest gift" of the mission was seeing the lunar eclipse from beyond the far side of the moon.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
If the earth had been a flat disk, the shadow would have been elongated and elliptical, unless the eclipse always occurred at a time when the sun was directly under the center of the disk.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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