VideoEclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality During the total solar eclipse on 8 April, two of NASA's WB-57 jet planes, equipped with special instruments, will chase totality and give new insight into the sun's corona Video
SpaceHow solar eclipses have been revealing cosmic secrets for centuries Records of total solar eclipses go back thousands of years, and in all that time they have allowed scientists to uncover key information about not just the sun but the whole universe 51¶¯Âþ