When a total solar eclipse creates a spectacle in the skies over Mexico and North America on April 8, it will mark the first time such an event has occurred in this part of the world for nearly seven ...

The rare total solar eclipse follows a 2,600-mile swath starting in Oregon and ending in South Carolina, making it a prime event for skywatchers coast-to-coast. People have flocked to 14 states across ...

It will be the first total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. since 1979. — -- People across the country are counting down the hours until the total solar eclipse will arc across the ...

Professor Cassandra Runyon worked with NASA on a tactile graphic book. — -- When the total solar eclipse becomes visible in the U.S. on Aug. 21, Mariah Williams, who has been blind since birth, ...

If you don't live in a city in the path of the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, it's time to start making your travel plans. Here are some of the best places within the eclipse's path of totality to ...