Here's why NASA is launching 3 sounding rockets into space during the total solar eclipse The 115-mile-wide path of totality will pass from southwest to northeast over portions of Mexico the ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Will it get dark during the eclipse? That depends on where you are on ...

However, for those in the 115-mile wide path of totality—the moon’s central shadow that brings darkness—there’s a brief period when eclipse glasses must be removed. If you don’t ...