It will be the first total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. since 1979. — -- People across the country are counting down the hours until the total solar eclipse will arc across the ...

Professor Cassandra Runyon worked with NASA on a tactile graphic book. — -- When the total solar eclipse becomes visible in the U.S. on Aug. 21, Mariah Williams, who has been blind since birth, ...

The rare total solar eclipse follows a 2,600-mile swath starting in Oregon and ending in South Carolina, making it a prime event for skywatchers coast-to-coast. People have flocked to 14 states across ...

Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the midday sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the U.S. from coast to coast ...

Stunning new images just released show the first solar eclipse of 2017. Some of the best views were in Latin America. People in Chile gathered Sunday to witness the phenomenon that looks a lot like ...

The ionosphere, a crucial region of Earth’s upper atmosphere, undergoes distinctly measurable modifications during solar eclipses. The temporary obscuration of solar radiation leads to a rapid ...