For most people, seeing a total solar eclipse is a once in a lifetime experience. But for scientists, it can be a fleeting chance to understand something deeper about their field of research. Madeleine Finlay meets solar scientist Prof Huw Morgan, from Aberystwyth University, and Adam Hartstone-Rose, professor of biological sciences at NC State University, to find out what they hoped to learn from April 8’s four minutes of darkness.
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