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A total solar eclipse drew an 11,000-kilometer (6,800-mile) arc over the Pacific, plunging remote isles into darkness in a heavenly display climaxing on mysterious Easter Island. The skies grew black...

A solar eclipse is scheduled for Friday the 13th, but most skywatchers will be out of luck without doing a bit of traveling. Truth be told, not many people will...

The moon has been Earth’s trusty sidekick for billions of years. And as it endlessly cruises around our planet, once in a while this scrappy satellite precisely aligns within Earth’s...

On Monday, Aug. 21, people throughout North America — and in some parts of South America, Africa and Europe — will have a chance to observe a celestial phenomenon that’s...

On August 21, a magnificent solar eclipse will cut a path across the full length of the continental United States for the first time since 1918. (In 1979, an eclipse...

dramatic phenomenon? Henry «Trae» Winter, a solar astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is on the case for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. He and his...

It’s been 99 years since a total solar eclipse crossed the United States from coast to coast. So it’s no surprise that citizens came out in droves on Aug. 21...

Just like everyone else who watched the big event on Aug. 21, you probably have a few pairs of eclipse glasses sitting around from this week’s total solar eclipse. And...

Earlier this year, on August 21 people in the USA were able to experience the Great American Eclipse, a beautiful, unforgettable and full of magic moment when the Moon’s disk...

Next Monday, we are going to witness one of the strangest events in U.S. history. This will be the first total solar eclipse to ever be seen only in the...