Posted by Preeti on January 25, 2009 ·
I have always reserved all excitement related to eclipses for the eclipse junkies. But I got just a wee bit curious about this annular solar eclipse occurring on 26 Jan. What IS an annular eclipse?
It is supposed to transform the Sun into a dark disc with a blazing ring-shaped corona around its rim. How does this happen? In solar eclipses, the Moon [...]