Fred Espenak is the type of person who doesn't wait for a total eclipse to come to him. For nearly 50 years, he's traveled to every continent -- even Antarctica -- to witness the natural wonder he ...

Fred Espenak: I've been to 27 total eclipses, and I've seen about 20 of them. [The rest were obscured] by weather, clouds. Space.com: How many continents have those eclipses been on?

Retired astrophysicist Fred Espenak has been observing the moon for about 60 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Retired ...

Astrophysicist and eclipse expert Fred Espenak, also known as Mr. Eclipse, has traveled the world observing and photographing solar and lunar eclipses. He's currently gearing up for the Aug. 21 ...

Retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, also known as "Mr. Eclipse" of Portal, Ariz., took the photo that shows a total solar eclipse seen from Jalu, Libya, on March 29, 2006.

Fred Espenak, a retired NASA scientist who is responsible for the calculations of future solar and lunar eclipses around the world. "It's all worked out, there's no secrets involved," Espenak said ...

Fred Espenak, retired NASA astrophysicist, eclipse expert and photographer. Fred Espenak The last time anyone saw a total solar eclipse in the United States was on February 26, 1979.

We can thank people like Fred Espenak, also known as Mr. Eclipse, for working out the science and the math to tell us exactly when and where this month’s solar eclipse can be seen.

FRED ESPENAK: The moon orbits the Earth in an elliptical orbit. When it's along the closest section of its orbit to the Earth, if that happens to coincide with full moon, then we call that a ...

One example is the retired astrophysicist Fred Espenak, who earned a bit of celebrity when the United States Postal Service chose his photo of an eclipse for a 2017 stamp—an efficient way to ...

Professional eclipse chasers are gearing up for the April 8th, 2024 total solar eclipse. While the eclipse will pass directly over Texas, the experts won't be here. Instead, two of the world's ...

Astrophysicist and eclipse expert Fred Espenak, also known as Mr. Eclipse, has traveled the world observing and photographing solar and lunar eclipses. He's currently gearing up for the Aug. 21 ...