FORT DRUM — As part of the solar eclipse today, NASA researchers will conduct studies at Fort Drum on the eclipse’s impact on the atmosphere. Jennifer W. Fowler, center range flight safety lead at NASA’s Langley Center in the Uninhabited Aircraft Systems Operations Office, said the ...

TUPPER LAKE — Inside the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory’s Roll-Off-Roof-Observatory on Friday, amid an auditory cloud of radio chatter, machine tones and static hum, Marc Staves picked up his ham radio mic and spoke into it. “Whiskey. Alpha. Two. Echo. Whisky. Yankee. WA2EWY ...

The skies are looking mostly clear for Monday, the day of the total solar eclipse, according to meteorologists. With near-optimal viewing conditions predicted here, and cloudy skies predicted in many areas along the April 8 path of totality to the south and west, Adirondack Sky Center and ...

LAKE PLACID — Bracing for an atypical Adirondack mud season — with visitor numbers usually seen in the summer season — the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism and local communities have been preparing for the April 8 total solar eclipse for the past year. Now, the big event is just ...

LAKE PLACID — Witnessing the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 in the Olympic Region is simple. As long as there are no clouds, all you have to do is step outside and look up. (Don’t forget to put on your eclipse glasses to protect your eyes.) This is a shared experience for ...

LAKE PLACID — The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 — from first contact to the end — will last about 2 hours and 23 minutes in the village of Lake Placid, according to NASA. But the length of totality in the Adirondack Park will be less than 4 minutes along its path. In Lake ...