Solar eclipse 2017

Some of the world's leading climate and space research institutes, including NASA, will use Mellanox's connectivity technology to transmit the vast amount of data that will be collected during the total solar eclipse. Photo: Luc Viatour / Wikimedia.

The Israeli technology that helps NASA study the solar eclipse

The simulation of the moon creates a solar eclipse over parts of the earth. Source: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.

When the sun goes dark: 5 questions and answers about solar eclipses

A total solar eclipse will occur today, August 21, across the US. Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University, explains why and how solar eclipses occur, and what we can learn from them.
During the eclipse, scientists will make measurements in Casper, Wyoming and Columbia, Missouri. Credit: NASA/ Katie Marsman.

The moon takes center stage during a total solar eclipse

During a solar eclipse the Sun's corona becomes visible to observers on Earth. Source: NASA.

The guide to the August 21 solar eclipse in the US

Photo taken from an observation balloon in 2006, from an altitude of 22.8 km. On the left side you can see the Teton Range and Yellowstone Lake. Source: Montana State University.

Live broadcast of the solar eclipse online from fifty balloons