On Aug. 21, mid-morning Pacific time, the town of Salem, Oregon, will slip into shadow. The moon will slowly and inexorably slide in front of the sun, and our star's light will slowly grow dimmer.

Moments after Monday's solar eclipse began, searches on Google for "my eyes hurt" took off as thousands of eclipse watchers wondered if the warnings about possible eye damage were true. Many people, ...

As I write this blog, I realize that the event is more than a year away. But it’s going to be so huge that I thought I’d list some of the important details for our readership, the general public, and ...

Where will you be on Aug. 21, 2017? This is the first time a total solar eclipse has crossed the United States since 1978 (and the last really big one was in 1918), and the summer’s brief ...