Solar Eclipses

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Three years from today, on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than half a billion people across North America have the chance to see another Great American Solar Eclipse.

Looking closely at eclipse images, stargazers can spot a newfound Kreutz sungrazer comet that zoomed by the Sun during Chile and Argentina's solar eclipse.

Skywatchers in southern South America were treated to a total solar eclipse on Monday (Dec. 14), and a weather satellite captured stunning views of the event from space.

The only total solar eclipse of 2020 dazzled spectators in South America, and some lucked out even as overcast skies threatened to put a damper on an incredible celestial event.

On Dec. 14, 2020, a total solar eclipse crossed over South America, and Twitter users celebrated.

In South America, the moon has slipped in front of a sliver of the sun's edge, marking the beginning of what will be the only total solar eclipse of 2020.

This year's only total solar eclipse will cross South America on Monday, and you can watch the spectacle unfold online thanks to a host of webcasts — no special glasses needed.

The only total solar eclipse of 2020 is coming up this Monday (Dec. 14) and here's how you can follow along with its phases.

On Monday (Dec. 14), a total solar eclipse will sweep across South America's cone, from Chile to Argentina.

The moon and sun have conspired to keep Rocket Lab on the ground for an extra day.

It would only seem appropriate that the final eclipse in this eccentric year of 2020 will be visible only from Patagonia — nicknamed "the end of the world."

On Monday (Dec. 14) parts of South America will be briefly plunged into darkness by a total solar eclipse.

A recent survey sheds some light on what the mighty Aztecs thought about the rare and wonderful solar eclipses.