Total solar eclipses happen about every year or two or three, due to a precise alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth. They can occur anywhere across the globe, usually in remote areas like the South Pacific.
Save the date: The next full solar eclipse, in 2026, will pass over the northern fringes of Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. The next U.S. taste of totality comes in 2033 when an eclipse brushes Alaska and Russia, with another event in 2044 crossing Greenland, western Canada, North Dakota, and Montana. An eclipse on the scale of Monday's event won't happen again until Aug. 12, 2045.
You can reuse eclipse glasses to look for sunspots - planet-sized spots that appear on the sun due to tangled magnetic fields. A partial lunar eclipse in September will be visible over Europe, much of Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, with several meteor showers and supermoons in 2024.
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