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NASA has announced it will fire three scientific sounding rockets into the moon’s shadow on Monday, April 8 during a partial solar eclipse across North America... Serpent Deity
posted ago by purkiss80 ago by purkiss80 +35 / -0

The space agency’s project, Atmospheric Perturbations Around The Eclipse Path, will investigate how that drop in sunlight and temperature affects Earth’s upper atmosphere. APEP is named after the serpent deity from ancient Egyptian mythology, nemesis of the sun deity Ra, according to NASA.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/03/26/why-nasa-will-fire-three-rockets-at-the-solar-eclipse/

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