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Looking Skyward: Get ready to view solar eclipse

CAI | By John Basile
Published October 5, 2023 at 1:09 PM EDT
An annular solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" around the Moon.
JAXA/NASA Hinode spacecraft.
An annular solar eclipse creates a "ring of fire" around the Moon.

The United States is in the path of the next two solar eclipses. The first occurs this month (October). The second, and more dramatic, eclipse is not until next April.

Learn more:
The Maria Mitchell Association
https://www.mariamitchell.org/

NASA
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/
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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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