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Jenifer Ruiz, a senior studying radiation therapy, of Zion looking at the planets and stars through a telescope on the roof of Neckers during the physic department's public astronomy viewing, Sunday, Aug. 2018. (Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de)

Students and community members gather for Neckers public astronomy viewing

August 20, 2018

The upcoming Aug. 21, total eclipse of the sun is on the move. Maps, provided by NASA and others, show a crisply defined, 70-mile-wide path of totality where the moon will block 100 percent of the sun, but they are not as precise as they appear, at least on their edges.

Locals hope eclipse will bring positive attention to Carbondale, SIU

August 19, 2017

Five eclipse facts to read up on before Monday

August 16, 2017

Surrounded by incoming freshman and new students, interim Chancellor Brad Colwell, center, wears a pair of solar eclipse glasses for a group photo following the convocation ceremony Friday, August 19, 2016, at SIU Arena. (Ryan Michalesko | DailyEgyptian.com)

After years of planning, university and city officials ‘confident’ going into eclipse weekend

August 9, 2017

Architecture students construct plans for 2017 eclipse observation

By Shannon Allen, @ShannonAllen_DE

December 7, 2015

In August 2017, people across the world will be able to see the first total solar eclipse in 26 years, but those in Carbondale may get the best view.Bob Baer, an SIUC physics department staff member, is leading a project of 11 ...

There’s a blood moon rising

September 27, 2015