Research Guides: Solar Eclipse!: Library Resources

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Eclipse Over America
Join scientists and citizens alike as they observe the first total solar eclipse (2017) to traverse the US mainland in over a generation.
Total Eclipse (A&E)
Once they were dreaded and thought to be dragons eating the sun-but modern science has dispelled mythology and we now look forward to total Solar Eclipses as one of the most spectacular phenomena in the heavens.
How animals react to a solar eclipse
During a solar eclipse, when day suddenly becomes night, the natural world falls out of its usual rhythm.
Demonstration Of How Solar And Lunar Eclipses Occur
Explanation of solar eclipses, lunar eclipses.

In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses by Anthony Aveni
Publication date: 2017
Explains the history and culture surrounding solar eclipses, from prehistoric Stonehenge to Babylonian creation myths, to a confirmation of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Celestial Shadows: Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations by John Westfall; William Sheehan
Publication date: 2014
This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and how they are even helping us discover and analyze planets that orbit stars other than our Sun.

A history of solar eclipses
Eclipses have held sway over humanity since long before we knew what these events truly were.
Bakich, M. E. (2024). Discover, 45(2), 40–47.
Upcoming eclipses by the numbers
Where and how many people can view the upcoming eclipses, with other useful information.
Former Astronaut Advises to Protect Eyes During Solar Eclipse
Advice from astronaut Dr. Mike Massimino.
The next 20 years of SOLAR ECLIPSES
This list will help you plan the spots where you'll stand beneath the Moon's shadow.
Solar eclipses as an astrophysical laboratory
Observations of the Sun during total eclipses have led to major discoveries.
Helping the Blind 'See' the Solar Eclipse
Radio broadcast transcript and audio file. (2017, August 3). PRI's The World.