Solar eclipse

Millions of people from Mexico to Canada and across the United States were treated to a spectacular celestial event on Monday as they witnessed a rare total solar eclipse. The path of totality, where the Moon completely obscures the Sun, traversed several cities, captivating observers and sparking widespread excitement.

Celestial events like eclipses were used to predict the future, including the weather

While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.

Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting out the sun for a few minutes.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere tomorrow, with amateur astronomers warned to take care watching the rare phenomenon.

The eclipse will start at 0858 GMT in Iceland and end off the coast of India at 1302 GMT, crossing Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on its way, according to the IMCCE institute of France's Paris Observatory.

A total solar eclipse plunged Antarctica from summer into darkness early on Dec. 4 in a rare astronomical spectacle witnessed by a handful of scientists and thrill-seekers - and countless penguins.

A solar eclipse was visible over the Earth's northern hemisphere on June 10 with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event. 

Parts of South America will experience the first total solar eclipse since 2017 on Tuesday. 

Thousands of tourists from all over the world are flocking to Chile and Argentina, where the eclipse is expected to pass by in the afternoon. 

Are you ready for five more incredible eclipses in 2019? Yesterday's partial solar eclipse peaked in northeast Russia when 60% of the Sun was blocked by the Moon, but there are five more eclipses coming up this year that deserve your attention, according to FORBES. 

Get ready to see amazing eclipses, a comet encounter, planetary pairings, and more celestial wonders.

The year ahead offers many heavenly delights for sky-watchers, including a pair of lunar eclipses and a comet with potentially surprising brightness.

One person died and two were injured in a road accident during the solar eclipse in the US state of Kentucky, TASS reported, citing the local internet media WLKY.