Great American Eclipse Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 6 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total eclipse until 2044, and scientists scramble to unlock the secrets of our Sun.
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Great American Eclipse Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 6 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the spectacular cosmic phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total eclipse until 2044, and scientists scramble to unlock the secrets of our Sun.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Researcher] It is stunning.
- [Narrator] Solar eclipses.
- The world stops for a moment.
- [Narrator] What can these cosmic spectacles teach us?
- [Researcher] We are in a golden age of solar physics, - [Second Researcher] Coronal mass ejections can affect our power grids.
- We need to be able to predict these things.
(crowd cheers) - [Narrator] Great American Eclipse.
(cheers) - [Viewer] Phenomenal!
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The Sun is way more chaotic than you think
Video has Closed Captions
Every now and then the sun hurls a piece of itself into the solar system. (3m 59s)
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