He was 71. 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." ...

Fred Espenak, an astrophysicist known as Mr. Eclipse who created maps and charts that eclipse chasers like him used to pinpoint the best locations to witness the breathtaking choreography of ...

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.

"Mr. Eclipse" himself, famed eclipse calculator, Dr. Fred Espenak (left) with the author, taken at the Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) in 2016. (Image credit: Joe Rao) ...

The last total solar eclipse in America was in August 2017, but the seven-year difference between eclipses is "deceptive," according to Espenak. "If you look previous to 2017, the last one was in ...

One example is the retired astrophysicist Fred Espenak, who earned a bit of celebrity when the United States Postal Service chose his photo of an eclipse for a 2017 stamp —an efficient way to ...

Fred Espenak, center, a retired NASA astrophysicist known as “Mr. Eclipse,” and other astronomy buffs peek through telescopes set up outside the Parkway Plaza on Thursday during AstroCon.