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## solar eclipse


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92d9511a547bbc9d/6a7630b1017cc16d8fb2e530/GettyImages-467013416.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2026  
## [How to Watch August's Partial Solar Eclipse From the U.K. and Ireland](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/solar-eclipse-august-uk-ireland-europe-how-when-to-watch/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Callum Sutherland
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb44aeef3baa337e9/6a68be35a3531fe408bd4e17/AP26207336787821.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 29, 2026  
## [Could Wildfires Overshadow Spain’s Solar Eclipse?](https://time.com/article/2026/07/29/could-wildfires-overshadow-spain-s-solar-eclipse-/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by T. Michelle Murphy and Rebecca Schneid
* ![Solar Eclipse Over The United States](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74bb13a526578932/6988f40b22fb85f43be23f25/solar-eclipse-2017.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 7, 2017  
## [The Solar Eclipse Burned a Crescent Shape Into This Woman’s Eye](https://time.com/5052203/eclipse-retina-damage-case-study/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by People
* ![The moon eclipses the sun above the campus of Southern Illinois University on August 21, 2017 in Carbondale, Illinois.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e39a4effc97a2/6988da90e76ad294ee62ed23/solar-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [The Moon Trolled the Sun Online During the Solar Eclipse Because This Is 2017](https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![Solar Eclipse Visible Across Swath Of U.S.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99015046bcce4aa1/6988da864ee262f73930ea73/gettyimages-836362596.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [What to Do With Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Now That It's Over](https://time.com/4909895/solar-eclipse-glasses-donate/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Lucinda Shen  
* ![US-ECLIPSE-SOLAR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc971206d270a986c/6988da84ab6d770e876af7ba/celebrities-respond-solar-eclipse-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [The Celebrities Are Losing It Over the Great American Eclipse](https://time.com/4909755/eclipse-2017-celebrity-reactions/)  
by Cady Lang
* ![President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wear protective glasses as they view the solar eclipse at the White House in Washington on Aug. 21, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6808d6763a81770f/6988da7dab6d774e826af7ad/washington-dc-solar-eclipse-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [President Trump Looked at the Eclipse Without Glasses. The Internet Had a Field Day](https://time.com/4909526/trump-eclipse-meme/)  
by Ashley Hoffman
* ![President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb0b3f07481bb9ee/6988da7a0b72e3241b6ef18b/gettyimages-631093314.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [Here’s How Tesla CEO Elon Musk Is Watching the Total Solar Eclipse](https://time.com/4909412/total-solar-eclipse-elon-musk/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Lucinda Shen
* ![2017 Total Solar Eclipse - ISS Transit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01c04e3864da814/6988da780a4a229eaa9cf8f2/nasa.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [Watch the International Space Station Travel Across the Solar Eclipse](https://time.com/4909418/total-solar-eclipse-international-space-station-video/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Raab
* ![Total solar eclipse 2017](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c72ee49da44582c/6988da77fb4eacf372893617/total-solar-eclipse-hat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [Here Are the Funniest Total Solar Eclipse Memes](https://time.com/4908745/total-solar-eclipse-memes/)  
by Raisa Bruner  
* ![Partial Solar Eclipse Over Spain](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32560d934cf1b824/6988da7a97cdff01706b21bb/gettyimages-467008090.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [The Internet Loves This Moon Pie-Hostess Solar Eclipse Twitter Beef](https://time.com/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/)  
by Ashley Hoffman
* ![The Solar Eclipse Is Observed In Asia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc23fc5ef9cd68223/6988d9ab0a4a226b879cf780/eclipse2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2017  
## [Watch Live as the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses the U.S.](https://time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Melissa Chan
* ![SOLAR ECLIPSE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3207ba3121accc45/6988da34cf40a84619c49062/eclipse-total.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2017  
## [When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Casper, Wyoming](https://time.com/4902098/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-casper-wyoming/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Chris Wilson and Mahita Gajanan
* ![Total full Sollar Eclipse in Belitung, Indonesia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dd2dfdaff8cec54/6988d7800b72e355736eed42/gettyimages-595244018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2017  
## [When Is the Next Total Solar Eclipse in the U.S.?](https://time.com/4877839/next-total-solar-eclipse-2017-time-path/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Lucinda Shen
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Aug 18, 2017  
## [Here Are the Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse](https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by David Johnson and Jennifer Calfas

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