On August 21, 2017, millions of Americans will witness the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States in 99 years. As in all total solar eclipses, the moon will block the sun, revealing its ethereal outer atmosphere—its corona—in a wondrous celestial spectacle. While hordes of citizens prepare to flock to the eclipse’s path of totality, scientists, too, are staking out spots for a very different reason: to investigate the secrets of the sun’s elusive atmosphere. During the eclipse’s precious seconds of darkness, they will shed light on how our sun works, how it can produce deadly solar storms, and why its atmosphere is so hot. NOVA investigates the storied history of solar eclipse science and joins both seasoned and citizen-scientists alike as they don their eclipse glasses and tune their telescopes for the eclipse over America.

The total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21 will be the most watched eclipse in history.

Total Solar Eclipse Live 
Watch on Aug. 21 2:30 p.m. and to 3:30 p.m.
Watch on GlobalConnect

Special NOVA
Eclipse Over America
Watch Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. on WCNY.
This special program features same-day footage shot by PBS stations across the country in addition to footage from NOVA’s crews stationed in Oregon, Wyoming, and Texas.

SciTech Now will be conducting a Facebook Live during the total solar eclipse Today 8/21 at 2:20pm EST. We will be sharing fun facts, eclipse-viewing safety information, and talking to people witnessing this celestial event! We hope that you’ll join us on our Facebook page and share with your audiences! Please feel free to share and comment!

https://www.facebook.com/SciTechNow/

Nashville Public Television is going to be offering Facebook streaming live from Nashville on its Tennessee Crossroads page: https://www.facebook.com/TNCrossroads/?ref=br_rs.

WyomingPBS will have a live satellite feed which will also stream live on YouTube: youtube.com/wyomingpbs