When the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, as happened last April 8, a solar eclipse occurs, with the disk of the moon blocking the disk of the sun, casting a shadow on our planet.

and it's a nice symbol of saying hello to spring ... The "bite mark" in the Sun made by the Moon is bigger now as the eclipse reaches its peak. We'll bring you more pictures soon.

"Most people just dismiss partial eclipses. But I wanted to go to this partial eclipse to try to get the corona — and I did ...

You can see a new moon when it crosses the face of the sun during a solar eclipse. New moons occur approximately once every month because that's roughly how long it takes for the moon to orbit Earth.

However, at certain times the Earth passes in between the moon and the sun and cuts off the sunlight, creating an eclipse.

It is never safe to gaze directly at the sun, even when it is partly or mostly covered by the moon. Special eclipse glasses that are thousands of times darker than normal sunglasses are required ...

An eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and the Earth. Article continues below During a solar eclipse, the Earth is basically in the moon's shadow. The type of ...