Fred was a well-known and highly regarded expert on eclipses, so much so, that he became almost as well known by his nom de plume, "Mr. Eclipse." He first got interested in astronomy when he was 8 ...

Fred Espenak, known as "Mr. Eclipse," passed away on June 1st after a battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Espenak's career included work as a NASA astrophysicist at Goddard Space ...

Fred Espenak, an astrophysicist that Astronomy magazine dubbed "Earth's premiere authority on solar eclipses," died Sunday, June 1, at his home in Portal, Arizona. He was 71 years old.

Fred “Mr. Eclipse” Espenak announced yesterday that he has been diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a progressive lung disease. The former NASA astrophysicist is renowned for ...

In 1970 and with a fresh driver’s license, teenage Fred Espenak persuaded his parents to let him drive 600 miles to a small North Carolina town to stare at the sky. On a grassy field behind a ...