Benjamin Banneker was an astronomer and mathematician born in 1731. Aside from his timekeeping skills, he was able to correctly predict the solar eclipse of 1789, and helped to work as a surveyor ...

Baltimore County native Benjamin Banneker's contributions to Black history are stories of resilience, activism, and ingenuity ...

BALTIMORE -- Baltimore County native Benjamin ... his world." Banneker died in 1806 at the age of 74. Brains behind the boundaries of Washington, D.C. From accurately charting eclipses over ...

On Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible from some remote areas of the Southern Hemisphere. Despite being a partial solar eclipse, it will be relatively major.

Get ready for a deep partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, which will occur at sunrise in North America and mid-morning across Europe. On Saturday, March 29, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse ...

But if you miss it, don't worry, as there's another lunar eclipse to look forward to later in the year - more on that later. Following our glimpse of the blood moon, there will be a partial solar ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Exactly 100 years ago today, a total solar eclipse came to the U.S. northeast, plunging into darkness some cities that experienc ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has labeled a solar eclipse research initiative for kids as part of the “radical left’s woke nonsense.” As Senate Commerce Committee Chairman, Cruz led an ...

Robert Massey, acting executive director of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, said that before the scientific age solar eclipses were “regarded as bad omens.” “That’s hardly ...