2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Choose Your Team
On April 8, the Moon blocked the Sun, revealing the Sun’s outer atmosphere. This created an incredible view for those within the Moon’s shadow on Earth.
This eclipse, whose team are you on? Continue to support your team after the eclipse with the ideas below!
Team Sun
We see the Sun in a new way during a solar eclipse.
When the Sun’s bright face is blocked by the Moon, the Sun’s faint outer atmosphere – the corona – is revealed. NASA studies the Sun to understand how its influence shapes the solar system.
Team Moon
The Moon is at the center of a solar eclipse.
It blocks out the Sun’s face and casts its shadow on Earth. Scientists study the Moon to learn more about the history of our Earth and our solar system. And as our nearest neighbor, the Moon serves as a testbed for deeper space exploration.
Team Earth
Earth is the best place in the solar system to watch a solar eclipse.
Our unique total solar eclipses are only possible because the Moon and the Sun appear the same size in our sky. Researchers use the uncommon circumstances of an eclipse to better understand Earth’s atmosphere and how it responds to solar energy, and how wildlife respond to the eclipse.
Team Earth
