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Solar Eclipses

On Aug. 21, 2017 a total solar eclipse crossed the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. Check out our main eclipse page for everything you need know about that total solar eclipse, and check back here to see all our latest updates and coverage of solar eclipses in general.

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Joe Matus, an engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, captured this image of the Great American Total Solar Eclipse from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on Aug. 21, 2017.

Solar eclipses: When is the next one?

By Joe Rao, Ben Biggs published

REFERENCE Solar eclipses are one of nature's most spectacular events.

NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory spotted the Dec. 4 total solar eclipse from space. (Image credit: NOAA)

See the total solar eclipse of 2021 from nearly 1 million miles away in this stunning photo

By Elizabeth Howell published

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was one few could see and this new photo from a spacecraft nearly 1 million miles from Earth shows why.

The moon passes in front of the sun in the only total solar eclipse of 2021 in this still from a video captured by Theo Boris and Christian Lockwood of the JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition from their observing point in Union Glacier, Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021.

Watch the entire total solar eclipse of 2021 in just 1 minute! (time-lapse video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new video (available on YouTube in 4K) offers a stunning view of the 2021 solar eclipse that occurred on Saturday (Dec. 4).

The moment of totality of the total solar eclipse of 2021 from the deck of the Le Commandant Charcot in the sea near the coast of Antarctica on Dec. 4, 2021. The sky was clouded out, but did darken noticeably.

Here's what the only total solar eclipse of 2021 was like from a cruise ship near Antarctica

By Joe Rao published

Clouds blocked the view of the only total solar eclipse for 2021 for 200 passengers on an Antarctic exploration cruise ship Dec. 4.

This handout picture released by Imagen Chile shows Chilean and US scientists looking at a solar eclipse from the Union Glacier in Antarctica on December 4, 2021.

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 in pictures: Amazing photos from Antarctica

By Tariq Malik published

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was only visible across a remote stretch of Antarctica. See photos of what scientists saw.

This handout picture released by Imagen Chile shows Chilean and US scientists looking at a solar eclipse from the Union Glacier in Antarctica on December 4, 2021.

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 creates dazzling sight over Antarctica

By Elizabeth Howell published

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 took place under especially isolated circumstances today, sweeping over sparsely populated Antarctica in a dazzling sight.

An image of the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017.

What time is the total solar eclipse on Dec. 4?

By Elizabeth Howell published

The big problem might not be time zone, but accessibility of the prime Antarctic site.

The total solar eclipse of Dec. 14, 2020 as seen from Piedra del Aquila, Argentina.

The only total solar eclipse of 2021 will cross Antarctica early Saturday. Here are its stages explained.

By Joe Rao published

Early Saturday morning, a total solar eclipse will darken skies at the bottom of the world.

A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. Another total solar eclipse will be visible across North America on April 8, 2024.

Total solar eclipse 2021: When, where and how to see it on Dec. 4

By Elizabeth Howell published

Antarctica will see nearly two minutes of totality at most, with surrounding regions getting a partial view.

Special filters enabled a team of scientists, led by solar researcher Shaddia Habbal, to measure different temperatures in the sun's corona during total solar eclipses. The red colors show charged particles at 1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit (999,982 degrees Celsius), and the green colors show particles at double that temperature, 3.6 million degrees F (1,999,982 degrees C).

14 years of solar eclipse chasing (and counting): a team travels the world to study solar wind

By Doris Elin Urrutia published

The solar system is bathing in a sea of charged particles that emanate from the sun, and one research team spent 14 years chasing solar eclipses to learn more about this stellar spray.

The eclipsed sun rises over the U.S. Capitol Building on June 10, 2021, in an image from NASA photographer Bill Ingalls.

This week on the Space.com forums: Parallel universes, the moon, UFOs and a solar quiz!

By Mohamed Mohammed published

This week, the community gets chatty in response to some of this week’s coverage and we take on a solar quiz!

A plane flies in front of the partially eclipse sun in this stunning photo from photographers Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre at Black Falcon Cruise Ship Terminal in Boston on June 10, 2021.

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2021 thrills stargazers with sunrise spectacle

By Tereza Pultarova published

The "ring of fire" solar eclipse was observable from northern latitudes of Europe and America today, but clouds ruined the show for some.

The eclipsed sun rises over the U.S. Capitol Building on June 10, 2021, in an image from NASA photographer Bill Ingalls.

These NASA photos of the sunrise solar eclipse of 2021 are just jaw-dropping

By Meghan Bartels published

Most of the U.S. missed out on the "ring of fire" piece of Thursday's solar eclipse, but parts of the East Coast caught a stunning sunrise partial eclipse to make up for it.

A partial solar eclipse seen at sunrise with the U.S. Capitol building on display in an image taken June 10, 2021, by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls.

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse 2021: See amazing photos from stargazers

By Hanneke Weitering published

Find maps, diagrams and animations of the "ring of fire" solar eclipse on June 10, 2021.

Evan Zucker captured this photo of a partially eclipsed setting sun on May 20, 2012, just south of Elida, New Mexico. Zucker used a Canon EOS Rebel Xsi camera with a Canon f/5.6 400 mm lens.

'Ring of fire' eclipse 2021: When, where and how to see the annular solar eclipse on June 10

By Joe Rao published

Northern and eastern sections of North America will experience a dramatic solar eclipse next Thursday (June 10).

The next solar eclipse will be an annular, or "ring of fire" eclipse on June 10, 2021.

How to watch the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online today

By Elizabeth Howell published

If you can't catch the next solar eclipse in person, there are several places where you can watch the event live.

A solar eclipse.

Four ways to enjoy a solar eclipse

By Samantha Rolfe published

The kind of solar eclipses usually portrayed in films are total solar eclipses — a reasonably rare event.

During a partial solar eclipse, the moon takes a “bite” out of the sun.

Here's the US weather forecast for the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2021

By Joe Rao published

On Thursday morning (June 10) much of North America will see the moon block some portion of the sun during the first solar eclipse of the year — weather permitting, of course.

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How to make a solar eclipse viewer: Step-by-step photo guide

By Mindy Weisberger published

Watch an upcoming solar eclipse indirectly with this home-made viewer.

A partial solar eclipse as seen during sunrise in the coastal town of Gumaca, in the Philippines, on May 21, 2012.

A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will bring a subdued sunrise to the northeast US and Canada on Thursday

By Joe Rao published

The sunrise eclipse on Thursday (June 10) will bring a striking image of a crescent sun rising in the east-northeast.