What Science News saw during the solar eclipse
Science News staffers traveled across the United States to laud at the extraordinary astronomical event
Science News staffers watch the eclipse from DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Courtesy of Emily Conover
On Monday, North America experienced the last major eclipse that will cross over the continent for the next 20 years. The astonishing event brought totality to over 30 million people, and hundreds of millions more were witness to partial eclipses.
Science News staffers were among them.
In places ranging from Washington, D.C., to Painesville, Ohio, to Wills Point, Texas, and beyond, Science News staff gazed up at the diminution of the sun above them and took in the sights with their fellow sky watchers — including groups of scientists studying the eclipse’s effect on Earth.
Take a look at how Science News staff, family, friends, and the people around them took in the eclipse across the United States.
Jackie Ludden Nardelli’s daughter practices using her eclipse glasses in Brandywine, Md., on March 20, 2024. Nardelli works for the Society for Science, which publishes Science News.Jackie Ludden Nardelli 
Naya, the 6-year-old dog of Aina Abell, editorial assistant at Science News, dons a pair of eclipse glasses in a residential area in Erie, Pa., on Monday, April 8, 2024.Sirapa Malla 
Dan Pfeiffer set up telescopes in his yard on the shore of Lake Erie, in Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, 2024. The progression of the eclipse can be seen in a projection.Nancy Shute 
Science News editor-in-chief Nancy Shute with subscribers Paul and Kathy Mathews in Painesville, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, 2024.Courtesy of Nancy Shute 
Science News intern Helen Bradshaw’s view of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 8, 2024.Helen Bradshaw 
A Sunspotter at Turner Farm Park in Great Falls, Va., shows the moon’s shadow on Monday, April 8, 2024.Mary Beth Lewis-Thompson 
Darkness falls over Lake Tawakoni, about an hour east of Dallas, as the moon moves fully in front of the sun during the total solar eclipse, on Monday, April 8, 2024.Adam Mann 
When the moon blocked out the sun during the eclipse in Charlotte, Vermont, crowds began to cheer, on Monday, April 8, 2024.Meghan Rosen 
Science News reporter Meghan Rosen with her family in Charlotte, Vermont, on Monday, April 8, 2024.Meghan Rosen 
A pair takes a photo with their eclipse glasses on a grassy section of the National Mall outside the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 8, 2024.Brandon Standley 
A man watches the eclipse from the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 8, 2024.Brandon Standley 
Folks gather to watch the eclipse during a Society for Science watch party on Monday, April 8, 2024.Jackie Ludden Nardelli
