These solar eclipse calculators can help determine if your particular location will be in the path of totality on April 8, 2024.

The Shared Sky Project encourages people to express experiences tied to science, including events like the solar eclipse, through poetry.

2. Build a solar eclipse model Another activity that can be done ahead of the eclipse is building, or acting out, a model of the sun, moon and Earth to understand what a solar eclipse is.

Zeiler’s model, which he said proved accurate for the 2017 eclipse, projects that up to 1.08 million people will travel by car to a Texas destination for the eclipse.

So to predict an eclipse, you must know where and how the sun, moon, and Earth move in relation to each other. This isn’t quite as elementary as it may seem, because the solar system isn’t flat.

An annular solar eclipse will create a stunning “ring of fire” in the sky on October 14, visible to millions living across North, Central and South America.

We have a long history of observing these dramatic solar events, but the next 15 years will give us three shots at experiencing one.

During the eclipse, 61 of the project's 68 telescopes managed to capture coronal images, amounting to 82 minutes of total observing time out of the 93 minutes that the total solar eclipse was over ...

Space.com skywatching columnist Joe Rao took a road trip to Canada with his grandparents to see the total solar eclipse of July 10, 1972. (Image credit: Joe Rao) ...

During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely obscures the sun for parts of the Earth. Careful calculations help researchers and the public determine where to go to see the total blackout.