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Spain's 2026 Solar Eclipse Sparks Tourism Rush
In less than a year, Spain will become a prime viewing spot for a total solar eclipse, continental Europe's first since 1999. The date for travel companies to prepare for: August 12, 2026. The eclipse is set to trace a path of totality across 40% of Spain, as well as parts of Greenland, Iceland, Russia, and Portugal. The peak moment will last for approximately one minute and 40 seconds along its center line. For tour operators, the math is compelling: limited viewing zones, limited accommodation, and potentially millions of eclipse tourists equal premium pricing power, as the U.S. saw during a 2024 total solar eclipse. Steve Ridgway, president of educational tour operator Criterion Travel, has spent more than a year scouting for unobstructed western views in northwestern Spain for what could be one of the most lucrative tourist events in Europe next year. 'The ideal viewing site must be directly on, or very near to, the center line of the e
BBC News
13-08-2025
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- BBC News
Blood Moon lunar eclipse: When is it and how can you see it?
A lunar eclipse, also known as a 'Blood Moon', is taking place on 7 September and should be partly visible from the UK. A lunar eclipse is when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, meaning the Moon is in the Earth's shadow. When it is a total eclipse the Moon can take on a red/orange colour which is why it is sometimes called a Blood is the second lunar eclipse of 2025. Read on to find out more about what a Blood Moon is and when best to look out for it. What is a Blood Moon lunar eclipse? A Blood Moon or total lunar eclipse happens when the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up. That means the Earth moves directly in between the Sun and Moon, blocking the sunlight. The Moon then enters the shadow created behind the Earth, creating an the light of the Sun passes through the Earth's atmosphere, the sunlight light is removed leaving only red longer wavelengths to reach the Moon giving it a reddish colour. Unlike a solar eclipse people do not need protective glasses to see a lunar eclipse. How to see the Blood Moon lunar eclipsse? People based in Asia and parts of Australia will get to see the eclipse from start to in Europe and Africa may still see it all as Museums Greenwich advises that in the UK the Moon is due to rise above the horizon just in time for people to see the total lunar eclipse. It says the "maximum will occur at 7.33pm BST from the UK, with the eclipse's actual maximum at 7.11pm when the Moon is below the horizon." The Moon will then gradually move out of Earth's shadow until 9.55pm. The advice is to find a high point with a clear view to the east, as the Moon will be low on the horizon and quite difficult to see.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Space mission creates first ever artificial solar eclipse
The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed the first images of an artificial total eclipse created by a pair of satellites in space as part of its Proba-3 mission. In March, the two spacecraft, called the Coronagraph and the Occulter, flew 150 metres apart while perfectly aligned for several hours without being controlled from the extremely precise positions - down to a single millimetre - enabled the satellites to create a total solar eclipse in orbit. The satellites aligned with the Sun in a way that allowed the Occulter spacecraft to block the giant star's bright disc, casting a shadow across the Coronagraph's optical shadow allows the Coronagraph's instrument, which is called ASPIICS, to successfully capture images of the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, known as the increasingly need to study the corona, but find it hard to do so without an eclipse because the sun's surface is one million times amazing pictures are uninterrupted by the Sun's bright light."It is exciting to see these stunning images validate our technologies in what is now the world's first precision formation flying mission," said Dietmar Pilz, who is the ESA's director of technology, engineering and quality. What is the Proba-3 mission all about? The Sun's corona can reach temperatures of around 1,000,000 degrees Celsius or more. It's much hotter than the sun's surface below and this temperature difference is something that continues to both intrigue and puzzle researchers. The Proba-3 mission aims to tackle this longstanding mystery by studying the corona in more depth. The Coronagraph spacecraft's instrument ASPIICS is able to see more detail, finding fainter features than other missions. "Seeing the first data from ASPIICS is incredibly exciting," said Joe Zender who is a scientist on the Proba-3 project."ASPIICS will contribute to unravelling long-lasting questions about our home star."Rather than relying on humans, the spacecraft lined themselves up with the sun in a manner "akin to driverless cars", the space agency the spacecraft blasted off in December last year, they had enough fuel to keep going for around two five years, it is expected they will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.
