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Millions of Americans stopped what they were doing Monday to carefully view a total solar eclipse that darkened the skies over more than a dozen states including New York. A pair of presidents, a master horror novelist and a rapper who may suddenly need a guide dog counted themselves among the spectators. President Biden took in the cosmic event — and threw some shade at Donald Trump with a ...

Millions of Americans stopped what they were doing Monday to carefully view a total solar eclipse that darkened the skies over more than a dozen states including New York. A pair of presidents, a master horror novelist and a rapper who may suddenly need a guide dog counted themselves among the spectators. President Biden took in the cosmic event — and threw some shade at Donald Trump with a ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – By now, you’ve likely heard you need to use special glasses to view the total solar eclipse that will cross through parts of North America Monday afternoon. New York City is not in the path of totality, so people in the city will only experience a partial solar eclipse. Since New […]

During the August 2017 total solar eclipse, the then-president went viral when he ignored all eclipse safety recommendations by gazing directly at the sun with his naked eyes

President Biden is issuing a sunny safety reminder — and seemingly throwing some shade at former President Trump — ahead of the solar eclipse. “An eclipse is worth marveling at,” the White House wrote Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter. “But don’t be silly, folks – play it safe and wear protective eyewear,” Biden…

A woman said she “didn’t think anything of it” when she looked directly at the 2017 eclipse, but says the next day she woke up and “couldn’t see things”

Just a single, unguarded glance at a solar eclipse can result in a lifetime of vision loss, eye health experts warn.A famous journal report about the 2017 US solar eclipse involved a woman in her twenties who presented to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary after looking at the solar rim "several times for approximately 6 seconds without protective glasses" and then later with eclipse glasses. 

The Total Solar Eclipse will be a spectacle on April 8, 2024. Protective glasses are the best way to watch it. However, some viewers have lingering questions on other ways to watch.

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – While some will travel upstate to view the solar eclipse on April 8, New Yorkers can still view a partial eclipse in the city – with protective glasses, of course. And the state is giving out protective glasses at the LIRR ticket window at Penn Station’s Moynihan Train Hall from […]

People who watched an eclipse without protection suffer retina damage. Doctors and watchers who've been harmed urge caution.