Shadow bands may be the most unusual of the eerie phenomena that can accompany a solar eclipse. Here's what we do and don't know about them.

It's a showdown that could help us build a stronger renewable grid.

Shadow bands may be the most unusual of the eerie phenomena that can accompany a solar eclipse. Here's what we do and don't know about them.

Amazon issued a widespread recall for solar eclipse glasses early Saturday morning, one week before the Aug. 21 eclipse. That move stunned some sellers who say their glasses are verified safe. 

Amazon issued a widespread recall for solar eclipse glasses early Saturday morning, one week before the Aug. 21 eclipse. That move stunned some sellers who say their glasses are verified safe. 

On Aug. 21, a portion of the United States will be plunged into darkness as the moon blocks out the sun — the first total solar eclipse in 99 years. But astronomers (both professional and amateur) aren’t the only groups excited for this…

Could we see the shadow of the Great American Eclipse across a hurricane? It is too early to say with certainty, but some forecast models are hinting at the possibility.

Sure, you can buy solar glasses. Or you can save your money an make a pinhole. It's a lot more fun.

In the 1970s, a small group of astronomers used the first prototype of the Concorde to pursue a total eclipse across the Sahara at twice the speed of sound.

The highly anticipated event is casting a long shadow online.

The coming solar eclipse will be a wondrous sight — if you get into viewing position in time, the clouds cooperate and you’re ready to have your mind blown.

As the first reports of eclipse eye damage emerge, a reporter attempts to get to the bottom of the shady shades fiasco.

A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches

Oracle confirms it's spinning Java EE to an open-source foundation with IBM and Red Hat's support.

It looks like Java EE may finally be fully free. In a blog post on the venerable Aquarium blog (started by the Glassfish team at Sun a decade or so ago) Oracle has announced that it has selected th…

Last month, Americans turned out in droves for a once-in-a-lifetime event, as a total solar eclipse made its way across mainland US for the first time sinc

With each successive version of Java, frameworks must adapt and transform in order to stay current. This article aims to describe some of the new Java 8 features in Eclipse Collections, a high performance collections framework for Java, and looks ahead at…