This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. Clara Moskowitz: For Scientific American’s Cosmos, ...

Here comes the sun, as the Beatles famously sang. On Monday, a total solar eclipse will grace the skies over Mexico, the United States and Canada as the moon obscures the face of the sun from view, ...

Everyone who sees a total solar eclipse from within the path of totality gets fixated on the sun's majestic corona. It's the only time it can be seen with the naked eye and photographed. But another ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Here comes the sun, as the Beatles famously sang. On Monday, ...