Satellite Watches EPIC Eclipse Shadow Roll Over Earth

What looks like an unsightly bruise in an otherwise serene view of our blue Earth is actually the effect of a rather special astronomical event that occurred on March 9.

Mar 10, 2016 05:54 PM ET //

Mar 9, 2016 06:53 AM ET //

The moon briefly blotted out the sun for observers in a 90-mile-wide strip of land and sea over parts of Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean region.

Mar 2, 2016 01:00 PM ET //

It's eclipse season for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a time when our own planet can't bear to to be out of the spotlight and barges its way into the shot.

Sep 28, 2015 04:45 AM ET //

For the last time until 2033, a 'supermoon' and lunar eclipse coincided, causing our planet to collectively look up in awe.

Sep 25, 2015 06:30 AM ET //

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will glide through the shadow of Sunday's supermoon eclipse in an attempt to observe changes in the moon's layers of soil.

Sep 22, 2015 01:30 PM ET //

With the huge supermoon lunar eclipse just one week away, it's time to dust off your small telescopes and binoculars, track down an observatory event or webcast, or draft your invitations for a moon-cake party.

Sep 12, 2015 12:35 PM ET //

Sunday's eclipse will be visible to observers throughout South Africa, as well as people in the southern parts of Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.

Apr 30, 2015 01:49 PM ET //

When you block out the glare of the sun, usually invisible -- and beautiful -- phenomena pop into view.

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