First proposed in the 1950s by University of Chicago physicist Eugene Parker, the solar wind is visible in the halo around the sun during an eclipse and sometimes when the particles hit the Earth’s ...

But this eclipse won't be "total" and it won't be "lunar." Instead, a partial solar eclipse will become visible one night this week to several states in the northeast U.S. The phenomenon occurs ...

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth that either fully or partially blocks the Sun's light in some areas. This only happens ...