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Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona. “Seconds after the sun set behind
After traveling a record distance from Earth, the Artemis II crew saw incredible things. “This continues to be unreal,” pilot Victor Glover said.
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The Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century is Happening Next Year and These Are the Best Places to Watch It
On August 2, 2027, a total solar eclipse will bring six minutes and 23 seconds of midday darkness, the century’s longest over land. Astronomers describe the total solar eclipse 2027 as unusually long because the Sun will be farthest from Earth and the Moon near perigee.
Though a rare sight, it's not the first time a solar eclipse has been viewed from lunar realms. The Apollo astronauts, who orbited the moon rather than flew by it (as Artemis 2 did), also saw solar eclipses, NASA's Kelsey Young, Artemis science flight operations lead, said during a press conference on Saturday (April 4).
A "ring of fire" solar eclipse on Tuesday will mark the first eclipse of 2026, but only about 2% of the world's population will get to see it, according to Time and Date. The event, also called an annular solar eclipse, occurs "when the moon passes ...