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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 departments public astronomy viewing, Sunday, Aug. 2018. (Allie Tiller | @allietiller_de)

Students and community members gather for Neckers public astronomy viewing

By Farrah Blaydes, Staff Reporter
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. Yeah, all the maps are wrong, said Mike Kentrianakis, who is the solar eclipse project manager for the American Astronomical Society. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Locals hope eclipse will bring positive attention to Carbondale, SIU

By Samantha Keebler
August 19, 2017
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. Yeah, all the maps are wrong, said Mike Kentrianakis, who is the solar eclipse project manager for the American Astronomical Society. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Five eclipse facts to read up on before Monday

By Samantha Keebler
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

By Marnie Leonard
August 9, 2017

Architecture students construct plans for 2017 eclipse observation

By Shannon Allen, @ShannonAllen_DE
December 7, 2015
Theres a blood moon rising

There’s a blood moon rising

By Cory Ray, @coryray_de
September 27, 2015
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