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Observe the Deadly Plot Twists Eclipses Trigger in Movies

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Observe the Deadly Plot Twists Eclipses Trigger in Movies

It’s a dark and final curtain for both the sun and many fictional characters.

Daniela Castillo Gómez
Atlas Obscura
March 21, 2024
Artist's impression of the Milky Way.

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Podcast: Marching Through the Galaxy With Moiya McTier

The award-winning astrophysicist and folklorist takes us on a tour of the Milky Way.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
March 21, 2024
Taken in 1929, French race car driver Hellé Nice posed for this photo along the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, a racing track about 19 miles south of Paris.

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How Women Used Cars To Fuel Female Empowerment

From a 1915 suffragist road trip to the “First Lady of Drag Racing.”

Nancy Nichols
Atlas Obscura
March 20, 2024
The U.K.'s giant trees are growing as fast as their California counterparts.

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Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in an Unexpected Place: the U.K.

There are now more of the world's biggest trees in Britain than California.

Jennifer Billock
Atlas Obscura
March 20, 2024
Burial 19, or B19, contained the remains of a large dog and newborn infant girl.

putting us in our place

When Did Dogs Become Our Best Friends?

A poignant, 2,000-year-old burial in northern Italy could be the latest evidence of an ancient friendship.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
March 20, 2024
Rising Sun Riverfront Levee in Southern Indiana.

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Discover 11 Spectacular Spots in Indiana to View the 2024 Eclipse

With an official NASA broadcast location, a performance by Janelle Monáe, an authentic Swiss town and much more, the Hoosier State offers every kind of eclipse experience.

Sponsored By Visit Indiana
Trouvelot's 1870s lithograph of the northern lights attracted the interest of astronomers—and led to a job offer at the Harvard College Observatory.

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How Invasive Moths Improved 19th-Century Astronomical Illustrations

After accidentally introducing invasive moths to North America, amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot turned his eyes to the skies and changed science.

Vittoria Traverso
Atlas Obscura
March 20, 2024
Author Dan Pashman knows a thing or two about pasta.

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Cream. Clams. Why Carbonara Once Looked Very Different

In his debut cookbook, Dan Pashman busts pasta myths alongside delicious, unorthodox recipes.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2024
A Ronald McDonald statue from a McDonald's store in Langkawi, Malaysia.

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Inside the Malaysian Museum Devoted to McDonald's Toys

Lee Choon Chiek has spent four decades collecting 70,000 toys, Happy Meal boxes, Grimace costumes, and more.

Joni Chng
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2024
See it, hear it, and maybe even feel the planetary vibrations.

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Space Makes Noise—And Here’s the Eerie Song an Eclipse Sings

Thought you could only experience the astronomical event with your eyes?

Sara Mellas
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2024
This New York City Map Is Full of Dutch Secrets

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This New York City Map Is Full of Dutch Secrets

When Broadway was a broad way and Wall Street was a wall.

April White
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2024
Podcast: A Mission to Find a Meteor With Amir Siraj

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Podcast: A Mission to Find a Meteor With Amir Siraj

The astrophysicist's search for an interstellar object led him to the bottom of the ocean floor.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2024
Has your favorite Girl Scout cookie been cut from the roster?

girl scouts

The Truth Behind the Girl Scout Cookie Graveyard

Even popular cookies can end up permanently cut from the roster.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
March 18, 2024
Astronomical Clock - Cathedral Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

cable cars

Uncover Hidden Treasures and Surprising History Along the Rhine

Explore a world of antique oddities, marvels of ancient engineering, and monuments to time.

Sponsored By AmaWaterways
An AmaWaterways river ship approaches Passau, Germany, where the Danube, Inn, and Ilz rivers meet.

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Explore Historical Wonders and Modern Curiosities Along the Danube

Discover the untapped world of Europe’s second longest river.

Sponsored By AmaWaterways
A total solar eclipse—a much-sought experience for astro-tourists.

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Eclipses, Meteors, and the Elusive Delights of Astro-tourism

Dark-sky parks, stargazing cruises, and other ways to tour the heavens without leaving our home planet.

Vahe Peroomian
Atlas Obscura
March 18, 2024
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

countdown to the eclipse 2024

The Atlas Obscura Crossword: Eclipse Special

AO Puzzles
Atlas Obscura
March 18, 2024
From epics to sci-fi, an eclipse in literature means something bad is about to happen.

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Stephen King, Shakespeare, and Many Writers Agree: Eclipses Are Doom

Beware the foreshadow of a darkened sky.

Suzie Dundas
Atlas Obscura
March 16, 2024
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