The eclipse featured the new moon completely covering the sun. — -- A total solar eclipse was visible in the Faroe Islands today, a dazzling display that kicked off a day of celestial events.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Vernal equinox marks the official beginning of spring at 5:45 p.m. Friday. The equinox occurs twice a year, when the sun is directly over the Earth's equator and day and night are the ...

On Sept. 13, 2015, the moon will partially obscure the sun from view in southern Africa and much of Antarctica during a partial solar eclipse. An eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly -- or ...

Most things retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts saw in space were unique, but viewing a solar eclipse was out of this world. Virts, who now lives in Columbia, Maryland, with his wife and two children, ...

Michael Zeiler and Polly White traveled to the village of Mikongo, Gabon, to view a total solar eclipse in 2013. Later this month, millions of Americans will be a tank of gas away from the total solar ...

The skies over a slice of northern Australia will darken for a few minutes today as the planet experiences its first total solar eclipse in more than two years. Today's total solar eclipse — the first ...

On Jan. 5, 2038, a rare “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will be seen along a path from Cuba to Egypt, with 97% of the ...