Solar eclipse 2026: How and when to see the Moon block out the Sun

Everything you need to know as the sky goes dark in rare event

NASA will use a high altitude jet and balloons to study the sun’s corona during the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse.

A unique event to study the Sun and 86 balloons to explore Earth's atmosphereFor a few precious minutes the Moon can turn a bright summer afternoon into a strange twilight. Birds stop chirping, the temperature drops and the Sun’s brilliant outer atmosphere, the corona, looks like a glowing halo in the sky. Millions wil

The Netherlands will see a near-total solar eclipse on August 12. The rare event has prompted observatories and universities all over the country to organize public viewing events.