Oct. 2's annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about ...

A few hundred eclipse chasers flocked to Chile's Rapa Nui to see annularity from the home of the mysterious moai.

The moai was found lying on its side in what was once an underwater volcanic crater lake. Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's ...

Would you travel 8,467 miles to see a ring around the moon for less than six minutes? On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse ...

It is reported to have been started deliberately, and is centred around Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano - which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Easter Island lies 3,500km (2,174 miles ...

Hear from the eclipse chasers who travel anywhere to witness unique solar events, forming a global community. Last week it was Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.

On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one of the most remote places on Earth — to witness an annular solar eclipse.

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the inhabitants commingled with Native Americans. When you purchase through ...

Instead, the sun would rise further north over the nearby Poike volcano and hit the statues at an angle. Of course, we were up for whatever nature had in store, so we departed our guesthouse in the ...

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Easter Island, a territory of Chile, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia, whose native name is Rapa Nui. It is famous for its archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues ...