{"id":780068,"date":"2024-04-03T02:56:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=780068"},"modified":"2024-04-03T02:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:56:53","slug":"how-to-make-the-most-of-next-weeks-solar-eclipse-short-wave-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=780068","title":{"rendered":"How to make the most of next week’s solar eclipse : Short Wave : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On Monday, April 8, the moon will slip in front of the sun, blocking its light and creating an eerie twilight in the middle of the day. Stars will come out, the air will get cold and colors will dance around the horizon. This is the full-body experience that is a total solar eclipse. <\/p>\n

Viewers along a 100-mile wide ribbon of land stretching from Texas to Maine will be lucky enough to be in the path of totality \u2013 where observers can watch as the moon completely covers the sun. Though every contiguous U.S. state, plus parts of Alaska and Hawaii, will experience at least a partial solar eclipse.<\/p>\n