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![A "diamond ring" heralded the beginning of totality.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o8RxiSBHo4C7A2BLxitaKj-320-80.jpg)
I watched the moon 'take a bite of the sun' in a rare hybrid solar eclipse last week. Here's what I saw from Australia.
By Jamie Carter published
From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse's totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.
![A satellite view of a partial solar eclipse seen on Oct. 25, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QYpeSjvrqA7qvxuozxt75Y-320-80.jpg)
A very rare 'hybrid' solar eclipse will take place Thursday, here's how to watch
By Ben Turner published
A rare hybrid solar eclipse will appear over Oceania and Southeast Asia on Thursday, April 20. Here's what it means and how to watch it.
![This 1970s reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism was designed by Derek de Solla Price and constructed by R. Deroski.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nKcnr9BVP6por9VEStyMmk-320-80.jpg)
World's first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, 'started up' in 178 B.C., scientists claim
By Owen Jarus last updated
The mysterious Antikythera mechanism, thought by some to be the world's first computer, was first "started up" on Dec. 22, 178 B.C., archaeologists have now found.
![A satellite view of the partial solar eclipse seen on Oct. 25, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mw8yndXZJUEsPTaEWCQAaU-320-80.png)
Watch a 'ring of fire' eclipse play out from space in epic new NASA footage
By Brandon Specktor published
A partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25 looked like an epic ring of fire when viewed by NASA's Hinode satellite, new footage reveals.
![Birds sit on a branch in from of a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fz3GwwGDYa5ZAPkKWg3qMU-320-80.jpg)
Stunning (and spooky) photos of the final solar eclipse of 2022
By Brandon Specktor published
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, half the world saw the moon's shadow creep over the surface of the sun in the year's last partial solar eclipse.
![A partial solar eclipse is seen from Arlington, Virginia, Thursday, June 10, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RPLHkXHXbzCWUQdTRJS9y3-320-80.jpg)
The last partial solar eclipse of 2022 is today, here’s what you need to know
By Ben Turner published
The moon will block out the sun across Europe, north Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia
![This ancient Greek "computer" called the Antikythera mechanism continues to puzzle scientists as to what it was used for.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RGT678QzdHvnwMYME6BCfc-320-80.jpg)
Ancient Greeks Built an Eclipse-Predicting 'Computer' 2,000 Years Ago
By Tia Ghose last updated
An ancient astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera mechanism was used to predict both solar and lunar eclipses, research shows.
![This NASA illustration depicts a solitary black hole in space, with its gravity warping the view of stars and galaxies in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vCE9zrJHCCg7c5oBSRJFFR-320-80.jpeg)
The 7 most terrifying things in space
By Jamie Carter published
Here are seven of the most terrifying things in space, including solar flares, black holes and supernovas.
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