During Wednesday's total solar eclipse, NASA's WB-57 high-altitude aircraft will take high-resolution images for researchers to study.

Using unique equipment installed on NASA's WB-57 aircraft flying above heavy clouds off the coast of Iceland, a Southwest Research Institute-led team successfully observed a total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

Millions gathered for a total solar eclipse that was visible across parts of Europe, while some Americans were able to catch a partial view.

Parts of Europe will experience a total solar eclipse, but what will North America see?

Both the research jet and balloons were used to collect data during the total solar eclipse in April 2024. These new projects will use what NASA learned last time to sharpen up the methods, and hopefully provide new insights into the relationships between the sun, moon, and Earth.

Earth will not be losing its gravity according to NASA, which publicly pushed backed on a viral conspiracy about the so-called “Project Anchor” and a supposed gravitational anomaly on Wednesday, Aug.

NASA has issued a statement debunking a wild theory which claimed that Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds on Wednesday causing the deaths of millions.

NASA's live coverage of the 12 August solar eclipse appeared to show occupied Crimea as separate from Ukraine and within Russia, prompting criticism over the map used in the broadcast.