Bangor Daily News interviewed University of Maine assistant professor of conservation biology Noah Charney and director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center Shawn Laatsch on how animals react to a solar eclipse. Charney said he has observed daytime and nocturnal insects change behavior. Laatsch, who has seen five solar eclipses, talked about how the weather […]
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The Rangeley Highlander interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the University of Maine’s Versant Power Astronomy Center, about the upcoming total solar eclipse April 8, which is expected to have a direct path through Maine. “The sky gets dark, like twilight. It’s silvery. Shadows are weird. You’ll see some of the brighter stars and planets. It […]
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The New England News Collaborative interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, for a story titled “Northern New Englanders hope for clear skies and tourism ahead of 2024 total eclipse.” “I always tell folks the difference between seeing a partial solar eclipse and a total is like […]
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WABI interviewed Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, about helping coordinate a nationwide citizen science research project involving the 2024 total solar eclipse in April. “The difference between seeing a partial and a total is the difference between basically seeing a lightning bug or getting hit by […]
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Phys.org, EurekAlert, Scienmag and Bioengineer.org noted that University of Maine researchers participated in a project that observed the recent solar eclipse in Australia in preparation for the 2024 total solar eclipse that will be visible from Maine.
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