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Did you save your eclipse glasses from the April 8 total solar eclipse? If so, grab them to check out giant sunspot region AR3664, now facing Earth!
Check out these wonderful total solar eclipse pics and video from our EarthSky community! See our editor's picks that capture the partial and total phases.
Earth-observing satellites captured imagery of the Moon’s shadow as it raced eastward over North America on the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.
When is the next total solar eclipse? If the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse gave you the bug for eclipse-chasing, you'll want to know: Find out here!
The April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse crossed Mexico, the U.S. and Canada! Relive it by watching a replay of EarthSky's livestream here.
Total solar eclipses are the result of a fantastic coincidence: The moon is 400 times smaller than the sun but also 400 times closer to Earth.
Learn how some of the ancients explained eclipses, from gods and goddesses to hungry animals to the glimmers of early science.
Conspiracy theorists are imagining a connection between yesterday's New Jersey earthquake and Monday's solar eclipse. The quake and the craziness here.
A total solar eclipse touches on several disciplines of knowledge, including different cultures and their interpretations of eclipses throughout history.
The April 8 eclipse will impact solar power generation, straining the grid. But grid operators are ready to compensate for the loss of energy production.
Have you seen Comet Pons-Brooks yet? If not, here are some beautiful images from our talented community of photographers. Enjoy them!
Your April 8 solar eclipse maps are wrong! The new map shows a narrower path of totality (in some places) than previously calculated.
It's almost eclipse day! Here are some great tips to watch a solar eclipse safely with a variety of methods. Get ready for the April 8 eclipse.
Researchers will be studying the reaction of birds - which are in the midst of spring migration - during the total solar eclipse of April 8.
Are you hoping to get some great pics of the April 8 total solar eclipse? Here are 5 tips from NASA to help you capture some memories of this precious event.
With the total solar eclipse approaching, counterfeit and fake eclipse glasses are polluting the marketplace. Here's how to make sure you get the right thing.
The 1st of this year's 4 eclipses will flit by like a ghost in the night between March 24 and 25. It's a penumbral lunar eclipse, visible in North America. Charts and more from Guy Ottewell here.
A penumbral lunar eclipse happens overnight on March 24-25, 2024, bringing a subtle shading to the moon. See where it's visible and more, here.
If the moon orbited Earth on the same plane that Earth circles the sun, we'd have an eclipse at every full and new moon. Here's why we don't.
Unscrupulous companies are printing ISO certification labels on fake eclipse glasses. Check here for reputable vendors from the American Astronomical Society.