First Solar Eclipse of 2009 occured on January 26


Some parts of the world will witness a partial eclipse of the sun today. The moon will pass in front of the sun concealing more than 90 percent of it from view.

See video of today’s Solar Eclipse.

Or visit NASA’s Eclipse website to find information on past and upcoming solar/lunar eclipses and when they’ll be visible in our area. You can also view a Sky Calendar to see what’s visible in our part of the night’s sky.

Other Cool Space related links
Spaceweather.com Check out this site to read about a newly discovered asteroid passing by the earth today only 400,000 miles away. Sign up for email alerts to keep you abreast of news about our Sun/Earth environment.
Astronomy.com
NASA’s Astronomy pic of the day
Space.com
Where is Hubble Now? Watch the Hubble Space Telescope orbit the Earth in real time.
Black Holes Begin your journey to a black hole with this interactive media from HubbleSite.org!
Tonight’s Sky Stargazers–see what’s happening in the heavens this month!
Cosmic Collision See what will happen when Andrameda collides with our galexy with this interactive media from HubbleSite.
Hubble Spacecraft Image gallery Amazing images of Hubble you won’t want to miss.

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