“Seeing a partial eclipse,” wrote Annie Dillard in a 1982 essay, “bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him.” She recounts the strange spirituality of ...

A solar eclipse takes place when the moon comes between the sun and the Earth, casting its shadow earthward and plunging a roughly 100-mile wide swath called the “path of totality” into complete ...

The solar eclipse helped unite America — or at least a very narrow band of it. By Christopher Maag Christopher Maag reported from the path of totality in Rochester, N.Y. Aidan Hernandez lay on the ...

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets in the way of the sun’s light and casts its shadow on the Earth. While a remarkable occurrence, eclipses are actually not that rare. According to NASA, a ...

A total solar eclipse in Aruba was streamed to millions of users of the World Wide Web in 1998, helping to start an ongoing era of viral videos of space and astronomy. By Katrina Miller This article ...

Beyond the question of pets actually looking at the eclipse, here are some tips and ideas about how to keep your pets safe during the eclipse. USA Today, Maybeck Animal Hospital in Florida, the Ohio ...

Around 14 hours before a partial solar eclipse passed over the Dolomites in Northern Italy, a group of spruce trees showed a sudden, synchronized increase in electrical activity. Previous research by ...

The April 8 total solar eclipse will have millions of people gazing toward the sky as the moon tracks its way in front of the sun. And while some schools have special events planned, others – ...

All eyes will be on the sky on April 8, as millions of people across America will be hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the biggest solar eclipses in decades as the moon temporarily turns daylight to ...

Tonight’s the big night: A Blood Moon lunar eclipse that hasn’t happened in years is going to play out above us, reaching its peak in the middle of the night. Are you staying up late? Grabbing a power ...

It might be awhile before you see another solar eclipse. The next annular solar eclipse will be on Feb. 17, 2026 but you’ll only be able to view it in Antarctica. On the same day, a partial eclipse ...