Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Not because they will experience totality but because the ...

In three months, a stripe across North America will go dark for a few minutes. Lucky onlookers—the 40 million that happen to live within the path of the moon’s shadow, and the millions that will ...

A stellar, once-in-a-lifetime event is soon coming to an Upstate New York community near you. One month from today, a total solar eclipse will appear over the Empire State for the first time in 99 ...

Eclipses occur when the sun, moon, and Earth line up. How they line up can cause two types of eclipses: a lunar eclipse or a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse happens during the new moon when the moon ...

Despite an uptick in viral videos and trending posts claiming a "once-in-a-century" celestial event on Saturday, August 2, 2025, there is no solar eclipse visible from the United States on that date, ...