8 rare phenomena to watch for during next week's total solar eclipse

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A partial solar eclipse with a crescent sun against a red background and windmills in the foreground

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How big is the SpaceX Starship mega-rocket? Photos show how tall it is

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A picture from the top of the rocket shows how high it is next to the landscape.
A picture of Starship in situ.

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Wind turbines are annoyingly loud. The secrets of owl flight could provide a solution.

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Biome Renewables uses patented technology to make its wind turbines extra quiet compared to standard turbines.

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How to take pictures of the 2024 solar eclipse: 11 tips from the pros to snap the most dramatic photos

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Jon Carmichael looks at a blown up shot of his photo of the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse.
Astrophotographer and Keynote Speaker, Jon Carmichael (on left) captured this iconic image of the 2017 total solar eclipse that swept across the US.

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Plants can talk to each other and scientists say it should make us rethink how we treat them

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A plant lit up with neon green lights.
Scientists genetically engineered plants so they could see them talk to each other.

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Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations

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Lise Meitner looks at Otto Hahn.
Otto Hahn (left) won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission and would later downplay his colleague Lise Meitner (right) for her critical role in the discovery.

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Black holes are rampaging through our universe at more than 2.2 million mph and scientists think they now know why

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Illustration of a black hole warping space-time around it.
On rare occasions, black holes can get kicked into space after they form.

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How Einstein really felt about this photo taken of him on his 72nd birthday

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Famous photo of Einstein with his tongue out.
Albert Einstein loved this image so much he requested multiple copies to send to friends.

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A geoscientist explains what would happen if Earth suddenly stopped spinning

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Illustration of Earth, moon, and sun.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen

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Star cluster IC 348 is shown here with bright stars and pink and yellow gas.
Central portion of the star cluster IC 348 as seen by JWST.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Luhman (Penn State University), and C. Alves de Oliveira (ESA)

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