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CBS News

Their alignment is switched during a solar eclipse. The moon, while orbiting Earth, passes between the planet and the sun in such a way that it appears to cross directly in front of the star, temporarily blocking its light from view. With the sun behind it …

CBS News

A total solar eclipse crosses North America on April 8, 2024, with parts of 15 U.S. states within the path of totality. Maps show where and when astronomy fans can see the big event. The total eclipse will first appear along Mexico’s Pacific Coast at …

CNN

For those in the areas experiencing totality, the moon will appear to completely cover the sun. Those along the very center line of the path will see an eclipse that lasts between 3½ and 4 minutes, according to NASA.

CNN

Coast-to-coast visibility: The eclipse will be visible to 32 million people in the US who live along the path of totality, where the moon will appear to entirely block the sun. And a whopping 99% of people in the US will be able to glimpse at least a …

The Washington Post

DALLAS — Here comes the moon, finally. Twenty-three minutes after noon local time on Monday, the moon will begin its gradual eclipsing of the sun. An hour and 17 minutes later, totality will arrive here in Dallas, and for nearly four minutes this city …

BBC News

Eclipse fever is building. Millions in North America are hoping to spend around four minutes of total darkness as the Moon blocks the Sun’s light on Monday. For some, those precious minutes will be an opportunity for often impossible science …

Space.com

The new lunar standard, called “Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC),” is part of a broader effort to “establish time standards at and around celestial bodies other than Earth,” according to an April 2 memo by the White House Office of Science and Technology …

Space.com

Before April 8’s epic total solar eclipse sweeps over us, let’s take a ride in the wayback machine to Aug. 21, 2017, when the last such event graced the Lower 48. Nicknamed the Great American Eclipse, the 71-mile-wide (115 kilometers) shadow band …

Space.com

SpaceX is set to launch 11 satellites on a rideshare mission from Florida tonight (April 7). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) tonight at 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 GMT), kicking off the 11-satellite Bandwagon-1 …

Space.com

The April 8 total solar eclipse is almost upon us. The event will see the sky over the a band of the United States, Mexico, and Canada darken as the moon totally covers the sun along a 115-mile-wide (185 kilometers) and 10,000-mile-long (16,000 km) strip …