Total Solar Eclipse Guide: A Roundup of Newsweek`s Coverage of Monday`s Phenomenon
(World News Science)

Over the course of a few hours on Monday afternoon, the moon will pass in front of the sun, darkening the sky completely for those within the 70-mile-wide band that begins in Oregon and extends southeast across the breadth of the United States to South Carolina. It will be the first total solar eclipse observable from the United States since 1979, and the most significant astronomical phenomenon to take place in the lives of millions of Americans. Much has been written about the eclipse over the past few months, especially in Newsweek. We`ve compiled the best of our coverage so you can brush up before the big day. Astronomer Explains Everything You Need to Know About the Eclipse The basics....