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Get out and enjoy the solar eclipse on Aug. 21, but be sure to protect your eyes, or suffer potentially devastating effects.

We're just one day away from the Great American Solar Eclipse, and people across the U.S. are getting ready to see this once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event.

The Sun Is Literally Boiling, Releasing Balls of 'Hot Horror' Into Space

What makes a total solar eclipse seem so strange and awe-inspiring? --

"Humans have been explorers forever," says Voyager project scientist, Ed Stone. "This is just the newest human exploration by robotic means. Voyager 1 is now touching the material that fills most of the Universe." In the...

For most viewers, the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse will last less than two and half minutes. But for one team of NASA-funded scientists, the eclipse will last over seven minutes. Their secret? Following the shadow ...

On August 21, 2017, a continent-spanning wave of instruments from home-made pinhole cameras to the most sophisticated telescopes in operation today will be trained on the Eclipse Across America....

By pure cosmic coincidence, the town of Carbondale has found itself at the center of eclipse mania.

The total solar eclipse is causing many folks to travel this weekend, and as these films and television programs demonstrate, eclipses have fascinated viewers throughout time.

All sorts of spooky and downright amazing things happen during a solar eclipse, and knowing what to look for makes the experience even better.

Here's a look at how the human eye works and why seeing an eclipse in person is so much better than looking at one in pictures.

Voyager project scientist Ed Stone discusses the greatest achievements of the epic mission, which lifted off 40 years ago today (Aug. 20).

During my mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), I shot what I was told was the first astronaut video of a partial eclipse.