Caltech Event Brings Thousands Together for Solar Eclipse
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
PASADENA, California, April 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Solar eclipses are not only stunning and rare phenomena, but they are also central to our understanding of the cosmos: The 1919 total eclipse helped test Einstein's theory of general relativity by allowing astronomers to observe starlight bending around the sun. And community events like the one on April 8, which was hosted by Caltech's popular astronomy and astrophysics outreach prog . . .
Solar eclipses are not only stunning and rare phenomena, but they are also central to our understanding of the cosmos: The 1919 total eclipse helped test Einstein's theory of general relativity by allowing astronomers to observe starlight bending around the sun. And community events like the one on April 8, which was hosted by Caltech's popular astronomy and astrophysics outreach prog . . .