Minutes later, the moon blocked out the afternoon sun and began what reports called the longest total solar eclipse in 1,238 years. Isolated Canton Island was the best place to observe the eclipse ...

The first of these eclipses will take place on Aug. 12, 2026, and the final one will be on March 20, 2034, with the maximum durations of totality of each total solar eclipse ranging from 1 minute ...

A solar eclipse in the year 2471 BC may have influenced architectural change in Egypt, challenging Pharaonic traditions.

WASHINGTON — Some of the science lovers in the crowd had either a countdown going on their phone or the peak eclipse time of 3:20 ... may not be in the path of totality for today’s solar ...