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CBS News

In Dallas, NASA data shows the partial eclipse will first become visible at 12:23 p.m. CT. The next states in the path of totality are Oklahoma and Arkansas, where the eclipse begins in Little Rock at 12:33 p.m. CT.

The New York Times

What to know about the ‘Great North American Eclipse.’ Across North America on Monday, the moon will materialize and eat into the yellow orb of the sun, casting a shadow over a …

CNN

The two Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, are too small to offer a total eclipse like the ones we can see here on Earth. But they do routinely pass in front of the sun, keeping some of its rays from reaching the red planet.

The New York Times

Roberts’s exploration centers on the competing work of Linnaeus and another scientific pioneer, the French mathematician and naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Of the two, Linnaeus is far better known today. Of course, Roberts notes, the …

CNN

An estimated 32 million people across the US live within the path of totality, or locations where the moon will completely block the face of the sun from view for a few moments. The eclipse will first …

CBS News

The next total solar eclipses in North America are not anticipated until 2044 and 2045. “A total solar eclipse is one of the most spectacular things anyone can see in their lifetime,” Virginia …

The Washington Post

EL SALTO, Mexico — Three hours before the total solar eclipse, the sky had only a few wispy clouds. “It looks good,” said Toby Dittrich, a physics professor at Portland Community College. For him, the eclipse isn’t about the pictures of an occulted sun …

TIME

Glass positive photograph of the corona, taken at Sobral in Brazil, with a telescope of 4 inches in aperture and 19 feet focal length. The expedition, organised by physicist Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, …

The New York Times

For centuries, people have been clamoring to glimpse solar eclipses. From astronomers with custom-built photographic equipment to groups huddled together with special glasses, this spectacle has captivated the human imagination.

NPR

Solar eclipses have long triggered fanciful explanations and warnings, from religious mythology to modern-day superstition. In recent days, for instance, a message circulated online warning people to turn off their cellphones and other devices …