Solar Eclipse

Science and Technology

Looking directly at the Sun during a solar eclipse can cause serious and sometimes permanent eye damage because the Sun’s ultraviolet and infrared radiation can burn retinal c...

Space and Astronomy

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, briefly blocking part or all of the Sun’s disk. The timing of any eclipse depends on your geographic loc...

science-astronomy

When a solar eclipse happens, who can see it depends on whether you stand in the Moon’s narrow path of totality, its wider path of partial eclipse, or outside the shadow entir...

Science and Technology

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, briefly darkening daylight in a narrow path. Two to five solar eclipses occur each year, but any single l...

science-technology

An eclipse is visible in the United States when the Moon’s shadow or alignment intersects the country, and whether you can see it depends on the type of eclipse and your locat...

astronomy

The difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse begins with a simple alignment: the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up. Yet that shared geometry plays out in opposite ways....

science-and-astronomy

A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon fully covers the Sun, and the timing depends on your location relative of the Moon’s shadow path. The next widely visible total ecl...

science

The next full solar eclipse visible as a total eclipse across a narrow path will occur on April 8, 2024. An annular eclipse follows on October 2, 2025. This overview lists the k...

astronomy

A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of solar eclipse that shifts along its path from an annular eclipse to a total eclipse (or vice versa). For observers in different location...

Astronomy Events

What is the next total solar eclipse in the United States and when does it occur? The next total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States happens on April 8, 2024...