Solar eclipse maps show 2024 totality path, peak times across the U.S.
Astronomy fans figuring out where and what time to see the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse could check out maps showing the path of totality.
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2024 Eclipse: What to expect, from the awe-inspiring to the "very strange"
On Monday, April 8, a rare total eclipse of the sun will be viewable across a swath of 13 states. Correspondent David Pogue talks with amateur astronomer Ed Ting about what to expect during the minutes of totality; and with Cari White, chairman of the Eclipse Oversight Committee for Jonesboro, Arkansas, where the town is expecting to temporarily double in size due to eclipse tourism traffic.
Eclipse seekers in Texas may get clouds, but New England looks clear
Meteorologists now feel increasingly confident in models that show some parts of the country looking golden for the eclipse on Monday, April 8. Other parts of the country, though, may end up in a cloudy bust.
The moon could get its own time zone. Here's why.
The White House wants to create a time system for the moon, in part to help promote economic opportunities for lunar travel.
How are earthquakes measured? How today's event stacks up to past quakes
Here's what you need to know about how earthquakes are measured and what the scale of today's East Coast quake was.
Hyper-sexual "zombie cicadas" expected to emerge this spring
The infected cicadas bizarrely act like nothing is wrong, even though a third of their body has been replaced by fungus.
Earthquake maps show where seismic activity shook the Northeast
People in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia and other areas of the Northeast, from Baltimore up through New England, felt the shaking from a 4.8 magnitude earthquake.
How brown rats crawled off ships and conquered U.S. cities
A new study suggests born rats crawled off ships arriving in North America earlier than previously thought and out-competed rodent rivals.
"Cicada-geddon" insect invasion will be biggest in centuries
Trillions of red-eyed periodical cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in many years. Here's where to expect them.
CBS News special report on 1970 eclipse
On March 7, 1970, millions across North America were able to catch a glimpse of a total solar eclipse. Charles Kuralt anchored CBS News' special report "Earth in the Shadow of the Moon."
