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After September 2025, when is the next partial solar eclipse?
Between 2026 and 2028, central solar eclipses — both total and annular — will dominate.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2025
The need for such warnings peaks around the times of solar eclipses, of course, when people have a tendency for inadvisable sun observations.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
While a solar eclipse involves the moon passing between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow across our planet, a lunar eclipse involves the Earth passing directly between the moon and the sun.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
However, this year, the timings coincide with a dramatic solar eclipse — the first of 2025 — blending the spiritual with the celestial.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2025
The need for such warnings peaks around the times of solar eclipses, of course, when people have a tendency for inadvisable sun observations.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
While a solar eclipse involves the moon passing between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow across our planet, a lunar eclipse involves the Earth passing directly between the moon and the sun.
—Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
However, this year, the timings coincide with a dramatic solar eclipse — the first of 2025 — blending the spiritual with the celestial.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Solar eclipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20eclipse. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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