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A crowd of 暗网吃瓜 students gathered outside a building for an eclipse watch party.

Campus & Community

First-year students help NASA study the total solar eclipse

Rochester has one of about 30 teams nationwide taking observations for the Citizen CATE 2024 experiment.

Medieval era-style illustration of two women during the Middle Ages looking at a solar eclipse while stars twinkle in the night sky.

Society & Culture

Surprising facts and beliefs about eclipses during medieval and Renaissance times

Rochester experts offer historical insights into medieval society鈥檚 fascination with astronomical and astrological phenomena.

A facsimile of 鈥淎stronomicum Caesaream鈥� by Petrus Apianus opened to a spread that shows lots of text on the left page and a colorful compass-like illustration on the right.

Society & Culture

7 rare books to celebrate the solar eclipse

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Two pairs of 暗网吃瓜-branded solar eclipse glasses against a white background.

Science & Technology

The science behind solar eclipse glasses

An optics professor explains how eclipse glasses protect your eyes from the sun鈥檚 light during an eclipse.

A group gathered in a window to view the total solar eclipse through smoked glass.

Campus & Community

3 old-school tips for viewing the solar eclipse

We dug into the campus newspaper archives to trace the evolution of eclipse knowledge鈥攁nd etiquette鈥攐ver the last century.

Partial solar eclipse seen through clouds.

Campus & Community

Get ready for the total solar eclipse on April 8

Mark your calendars for April 8, 2024, when the University of Rochester鈥檚 River Campus will be among the prime viewing spots for the next total solar eclipse.

GIF of the moon moving between the Earth and the sun as it forms a solar corona during a total eclipse.

Science & Technology

Eclipse helped Rochester alumnus see solar corona in new light

Observations made by William Harkness during the 1869 total eclipse led to a pivotal discovery about the sun鈥檚 corona.