solar eclipse

Parts of North America were able to see a partial solar eclipse on Thursday morning.

Did you miss the solar eclipse? Here’s the eclipse at its maximum around 5:30 a.m. Thursday.

Boston and other parts of New England will be treated to a view of the first solar eclipse of the year early on Thursday, and it is going to be a good one.  Thursday morning’s “Ring of Fire” eclipse will be visible for almost an hour (though the ring of fire won’t be visible south of Canada). The eclipse...

We have a new moon Thursday, and it will be part of an eclipse that’s visible from New England. The June moon is called the “Strawberry Moon,” and it will pass between the Earth and sun at sunrise Thursday morning. As the sun rises, the solar eclipse will be underway for us in New England. The moon passes in front of the...

Today: Hazy, hot, very humid, scattered strong late day/eve thunder. Highs in the 90s. Overnight Tuesday Night: Rain, thunder, fog. Lows around 70. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, humid, AM shower, late scattered thunder. Highs in the 80s.

Monday: Hazy, hot, humid, sunny. Highs around 95, heat index 95-100. Monday night: Warm, humid. Lows around 70. Tuesday: Another day of heat, scattered showers/thunder. Highs in the 90s.

The event, known as an annular solar eclipse, occurs when the moon is too far from Earth to block out the entire sun, leaving the sun peeking out over the Moon’s disk in a “ring of fire,“ according to NASA.

The right time, the right spot and the right phenomenon landed one photographer a photo set of a lifetime.

People in parts of Southern Asia caught a glimpse of a “ring of fire” solar eclipse Thursday.

People along a swath of southern Asia have gazed at the sky in marvel at a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. The so-called annular eclipse, in which a thin outer ring of the sun is still visible, could be seen along a path stretching from India and Pakistan to Thailand and Indonesia.

A New York woman suffered from blurred vision and permanent dark spots after staring directly into the solar eclipse in August, according to a case study released Thursday. The woman, identified by CNN as 26-year-old Nia Payne of Staten Island, walked into the New York Ear and Eye Infirmary of Mount Sinai with symptoms of vision that was blurred, distorted...

A look at how Americans viewed the first coast to coast eclipse in nearly a century.

Driving while the total solar eclipse is happening on August 21? Here are seven tips that will ensure your safety while driving.

For travelers looking to get a glimpse of the solar eclipse, rubber-necking delays may be the least of their worries. The eclipse, due on Aug. 21, has astronomy enthusiasts and summer road-trippers flocking to the “path of the totality,” a belt of states across the country that will provide prime viewing of the solar event. But as hotels fill up...

We are just days away from the solar eclipse. With so much buzz surrounding this solar eclipse occurring on August 21st, here are some facts and what you can do if you do not have the proper glasses to view such a spectacle.