Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured the moon ...

A solar eclipse on April 27, 2025, as seen only by NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory. When is the next solar eclipse? Yesterday and today — but they were not reported in advance. Why? They were only in ...

One year ago today, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States. The event was a cornerstone moment in the Heliophysics Big Year, a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the ...

Solar eclipses have always captured human imagination. From ancient omens to modern-day science, they remain one of the most closely watched celestial events. That fascination took a chaotic turn ...

A NASA map shows the regions across the Northern Hemisphere where tomorrow's partial solar eclipse will be visible, how much of the sun will be blocked out, and what time the eclipse will hit its peak ...

A solar eclipse visible only from space was captured on video thanks to a NASA satellite. On April 27, the moon blocked 23 percent of the sun in a partial eclipse, but it was not possible to see this ...

A year later, in August 2027, parts of the world will experience the longest period of totality for a century, lasting six minutes 23 seconds. The February 2026 eclipse will have a longer central ...