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A partial solar eclipse is seen from downtown Dallas in 2019. A "Ring of Fire" partial solar eclipse will be visible from North Texas Oct. 14, but don't look without eye protection.Cue the Johnny Cash and get ready to experience a celestial phenomenon. A “Ring of Fire” annular solar eclipse will be visible in D-FW skies Oct. 14. Eye protection is strongly advised for viewing the eclipse.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon aligns between the Earth and sun, casting a shadow that can partially or totally block the sun’s light.Next Saturday’s annular, or ring-shaped, eclipse will appear as a “Ring of Fire” because the moon will be too far away in its orbit to fully cover the sun.over North Texas, so the eclipse will look more like a crescent sun, according to Ryan Bennett, who leads the University of North Texas’ astronomy education program.Around 10:20 a.m. on Oct.
“For us in Texas to get two eclipses within a year of each other? That almost never happens,” Ingram said.Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging Three scientists in the United States won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications in everyday life include electronics and medical imaging.
Adithi Ramakrishnan is a science reporting fellow at The Dallas Morning News. Her fellowship is supported by the University of Texas at Dallas. The News makes all editorial decisions., Science reporting fellow. Adithi graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in neuroscience and has previously written for WUNC - North Carolina Public Radio, the National Association of Science Writers, and Massive Science.
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