On April 8, people all across North America will have the opportunity to witness a celestial sensation: a total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse happens as the moon moves between the Earth and the sun, ...

Editor's note: An updated cloud forecast for the April 2024 total solar eclipse is in. To follow the latest news on the solar eclipse, read USA TODAY's live updates on Monday, April 8. An eclipse ...

It’s nature’s greatest naked-eye sight—and it’s happening tomorrow—but the spectacle of a total solar eclipse could soon be faked in space almost at will if Europe’s Proba-3 mission goes to plan. The ...

We’re in a “eclipse season” during which there will be two eclipses—one of the Sun by a New Moon and one of the Full Moon by the Earth. On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 a New Moon will cause a partial ...

Solar power is booming in Texas, and yet a large part of the state is in the eclipse’s path of totality. Here’s how solar farms are getting ready. At noon on a sunny day, a solar farm south of Dallas ...

When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night, will tortoises start acting romantic? Will giraffes gallop? Will apes sing odd notes? Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals' ...

Ernie Wright, a science visualizer at NASA, explains why the moon turns red during a lunar eclipse. Wright also explains how ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the orbital path of the moon aligns between the Sun and the Earth. Because the moon is about 400 times smaller than the sun but also about 400 times closer, the size of ...

While I am watching the total solar eclipse in Rochester on April 8, the last big one will be on my mind. Looking at the sun fried my eyes a bit. The damage lasted months. I'm not alone. Eclipse ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A total solar eclipse is poised to dazzle Central Texans in the middle of the day on Monday, April 8. For Austin, the start of the partial eclipse will begin at 12:17 p.m. with ...

The precise time at which you’ll actually be able to get a view of the total solar eclipse will depend on where you are in its path. In general, new moons occur every month — rarely, twice a month — ...