{"id":58672,"date":"2024-05-08T08:02:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5778ffa3-9726-48dd-a181-f865302ea0d5"},"modified":"2024-05-08T08:08:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:08:25","slug":"like-shutting-off-earths-power-nasa-fired-rockets-at-the-solar-eclipse-to-measure-its-effect-on-our-planets-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/like-shutting-off-earths-power-nasa-fired-rockets-at-the-solar-eclipse-to-measure-its-effect-on-our-planets-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"“Like shutting off Earth’s power”. NASA fired rockets at the solar eclipse to measure its effect on our planet’s atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Anita Chandran\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2024 at 08:02 AM<\/p>

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While most eyes were on the Sun during the April 8 2024 total solar eclipse, scientists were using the event to discover how Earth\u2019s atmosphere behaves when the Sun is blocked.<\/p>

One such mission was NASA’s APEP (Atmospheric Perturbations Around the Eclipse Path)<\/a> mission, part of a USA-wide science initiative to examine how a total solar eclipse<\/a> affects Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p>