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One of the most spectacular solar eclipses the UK has seen for decades is taking place on Wednesday 12 August. […]

A partial solar eclipse is set to be visible across the South West on Wednesday evening. In Devon and Cornwall,

Even just a small part of the Sun breaking through the glasses can harm your eyes, the Royal College of

This luminous flare radiating from the blackness is the corona of the Sun – superheated jets of gas thrown thousands

A man who suffered permanent eye damage by watching the 1999 solar eclipse has warned people to use protection when

Despite the high degree of coverage, “even 7% of the sun will still give quite a degree of illumination,” he

Three Royal Golden Guernsey goats have joined the island’s conservation herd, which was previously made up of only Guernsey cattle.

In Guernsey, Dr Jean Dean, from La Société Guernesiaise’s astronomy section, advised people to head to the west coast of

Former BBC News correspondent Simon Hall reported from Alderney during the 1999 eclipse. The third-largest Channel Island had some of

Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets – a snowball of frozen