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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Crowds gathered at Southern Miss for a look at Monday’s partial solar eclipse. Hundreds of students and faculty gathered outside of the Walker Science Building for an eclipse watch party. Solar eclipse glasses were handed out as professors and students from the Department of Math and Science explained what happens during […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

People of all demographics gathered at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science to witness a rare celestial event — a nearly total solar eclipse.

Mondays total eclipse of the sun will be the last such event in the continental US until 2045.

Comet, 12P/Pons-Brooks, will soon be close enough to Earth to see for the first time in 71 years.

No matter if you take a road trip to see it in totality or watch a part of it from Mississippi, the 2024 solar eclipse is something not to be missed.