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Photo of the Day: Full Moon

By Jared Treece, Photographer
March 17, 2020

Students and community members gather for Neckers public astronomy viewing

By Farrah Blaydes, Staff Reporter
August 20, 2018

Louisiana students visit SIU, propel weather balloons 100,000 feet

By Cory Ray
August 21, 2017

Five eclipse facts to read up on before Monday

By Samantha Keebler
August 16, 2017

$Christopher Mandrell, a graduate student from Marion studying physics, takes apart an 80mm telescope Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, outside Neckers after a practice run aligning the telescope in preparation for the eclipse. Mandrell will camp out at the University Farms “dark site” the night before he the eclipse so he can set up for the experimental run the following day. “This is the classic ... telescope,” Mandrell said. “It’s a refraction scope just using the lenses to focus just like your glasses.” (Cory Ray | @coryray_DE)$

Students prepare to capture the sun’s corona as part of a national research project

By Cory Ray
August 15, 2017

Photo of the Day: Supermoon silhouette

By Ryan Michalesko
November 14, 2016

Top-5 most anticipated summer movies

By Jacob Pierce |@JacobPierce1_DE |Daily Egyptian
May 10, 2016

There’s a blood moon rising

By Cory Ray, @coryray_de
September 27, 2015