There's a lunar eclipse tonight, with totality lasting from 3:06 a.m. till 4:24 a.m. on the East Coast. Unfortunately, that's when cloud cover will be approaching totality in the East, too. So snap a picture at 12:06 a.m., California, and let us know what it looked like. We'll try again on October 8.
Check Out the 'Ring of Fire' Eclipse
Today's annular eclipse — affectionally dubbed a "ring of fire" — will be the first of its kind visible from the mainland U.S. since 1994. And we won't get another until 2023.
Use This Photo to Fake Your Way Through Conversations About the Eclipse
[You missed last night's full lunar eclipse? And now your coworkers want to talk about it? Don't worry—this is what it looked like in Florida. Which is more or less what it looked like everywhere. Photo via AP.]
New Zealand Man Dies During Twilight Movie
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse claimed its first victim when a man in New Zealand died during an afternoon screening. Was he murdered... by Taylor Lautner's abs? The autopsy will be carried out tomorrow to find out. [news.com.au via atlasfugged]
The New Twilight: Eclipse Trailer With the Sound Turned Off
We appreciate that many of you watch trailers at work on computers with no speakers. To help you out, we watched the new Twilight trailer with no sound at all and tried to figure out the plot.
New Twilight Trailer So Good It Blows One Dude's Shirt Off
Zomgoggles, here is the just-released trailer for the new Twilight movie, Total Eclipse of the Heart. There is: replacement vampire witch Bryce Dallas Howard (a big movie star!), everyone loving Bella, and shirtlessness. Always with the shirtlessness. Sparkly news day!
Longest Eclipse for 1000 Years Seen Over Africa, Asia
At 11 minutes and 8 seconds, astronomers believe this annular eclipse — in which the moon doesn't fully cover the sun — won't be beaten for millennia. It's seen here from the Maldives.
And Then the Moon Ate the Sun
This photo of the solar eclipse was taken from a ship sailing near Kita Tokyo, Japan. Millions gathered all over Asia to watch as the entire region fell under almost complete darkness. [AP/Kyodo News/Akiko Matsushita]
Anticipation for Sex That Never Comes Is Highlight of Twilight
Like so many teenage girls before me, I decided to read the Twilight books. Was it the series of insane interviews from Mormon author Stephenie Meyer that convinced me? Was it the recent news that Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg will adapt for the screen the next two books in the series, New Moon and Eclipse?…
