Astronomer and University of Maine physics professor Neil F. Comins delivered multiple talks about the total solar eclipse and common misconceptions in astronomy on April 7 and 8 in New Hampshire. On April 7, Comins gave two talks to guests at the Omni Mount Washington Resort, which welcomed 132 attendees. On April 8, he spoke […]
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Maine Public and WABI detailed the efforts of the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program to capture images and data of the April 8 total solar eclipse using a balloon with testing camera, data collection, control and tracking systems attached to it. The article from Maine Public stated the biggest challenge for the ballooning […]
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WFVX (Channel 7 Bangor) interviewed Nikita Saini, University of Maine Ph.D. student, on her work pertaining to the 2024 total solar eclipse and the Continental American Telescopic Experiment (CATE) 2024 project. The project focuses on studying the sun’s corona in order to determine how it is affected by the eclipse.
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Media outlets including Portland Press Herald, ABC News, Smithsonian Magazine, New England Public Media, KTRE (Channel 9 Texas), WABI (Channel 5 Bangor), News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public, FOX 23, Voice of Maine, and WGME (Channel 13 Portland) highlighted University of Maine students, faculty and staff participating in the April 8 total solar […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Maine Gov. Janet Mills co-wrote an opinion piece published in the Bangor Daily News titled, “Total solar eclipse confirms path of progress.” The piece explains how a total solar eclipse is more than a tourist attraction; it is “a phenomenon which carries great scientific significance, one that confirmed […]
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Eos highlighted Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, participating in the total solar eclipse by helping coordinate the Citizen Continental America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 project. The effort, which builds on a similar project conducted around the 2017 total solar eclipse, is looking to place roughly 35 […]
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Maine Public, WVII (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), the Portland Press Herald, Spectrum News, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WABI TV (Channel 5 in Bangor) and featured a project by the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning Group to launch a balloon during the total solar eclipse on April 8 to gather data and livestream […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The County and News Center Maine interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the University of Maine Versant Power Astronomy Center, regarding the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8. Laatsch, his students and citizen scientists that he trained will capture photographs of the eclipse as part of a research project called the Citizen […]
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Maine Public Radio interviewed University of Maine Versant Power Astronomy Center Director Shawn Laatsch and physics Ph.D. candidate Nikita Saini on the excitement surrounding the upcoming total solar eclipse. Saini explained how the alignment and tilt of the Earth, Sun and moon make the occasion very rare to happen in the same place, even though […]
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Versant Power Astronomy Center Director Shawn Laatsch was interviewed by Spectrum News on the importance of gathering data on the sun during the April 8 solar eclipse. Since the moon will fully block the sun, Laatsch said the eclipse is an opportunity to observe the sun’s corona, the origin of solar winds and flares. “It’s […]
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