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Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 1 week to go

Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 1 week to go

On Aug. 12, 2026, Europe will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1999, as the moon’s shadow sweeps across Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain and the Balearic Islands. Along the narrow path of totality, day will briefly turn to twilight as the moon completely covers the sun, revealing its elusive outer atmosphere — the corona.

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1 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

1 week to go until a dramatic total solar eclipse darkens the skies over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

The sun’s atmosphere shines around the lunar disk during the climax of a total solar eclipse. (Image credit: Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Get ready stargazers! We’re just one week away from the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, when millions of stargazers will be treated to a spectacular display as

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NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test

NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test

Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the Committee on Space Research Scientific Meeting and under review at the journal Space Weather, could

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This Sky-Watcher is an ideal beginner telescope for solar observing

This Sky-Watcher is an ideal beginner telescope for solar observing

Space Verdict If you’ve never seen the sun in Hydrogen-alpha (Hα), you’ll be blown away by views of solar activity through the Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76mm, a highly capable, easy-to-use solar telescope that makes serious solar observing simple for beginners. It’s an all-in-one setup, though you’ll likely want to add a solar or equatorial mount, plus

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This Texas coal mine will soon be home to a 1.2GW solar farm

This Texas coal mine will soon be home to a 1.2GW solar farm

This story was originally published by Canary Media  and is reproduced here as part of the  Climate Desk  collaboration.​ Construction is underway on a $1.7 billion solar and battery storage project in Texas that will turn existing coal mining land into a hub of clean energy generation. Panamint Capital announced last week that it broke ground on the 1.2-gigawatt Big Rooter

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Mag-inang Loren Legarda at Leandro Leviste, iimbestigahan ng Ombudsman tungkol sa solar power contracts

Mag-inang Loren Legarda at Leandro Leviste, iimbestigahan ng Ombudsman tungkol sa solar power contracts

Hulyo 31, 2026 7:39pm GMT+08:00 SINULAT NI: LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News Iimbestigahan ng Office of the Ombudsman sina Senador Loren Legarda at anak niyang si Batangas Representative Leandro Leviste, kaugnay ng mga reklamong plunder at graft na nagkakahalaga ng P10 bilyon dahil sa umano’y kabiguan ng renewable energy company ng huli na magbigay ng

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1st three-headed asteroid found in our solar system — and it has a little moon

1st three-headed asteroid found in our solar system — and it has a little moon

An adaptive optics image of the asteroid 44 Nysa taken with the Large Binocular Telescope. The moon is arrowed. (Image credit: Kate Minker et al.) Scientists have found the first triple-lobed asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — and it has a small moon to boot. The asteroid in question is 44

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