Plus, takeaways from yesterday’s primary elections. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. By Evan Gorelick Europe’s first total solar eclipse in decades swept across the continent today. It ...

As this evenings solar eclipse unfolded, Standard readers in Redditch, Alcester and Studley sent us in their pictures - enjoy.

A total of 90 per cent of the sun was covered by the moon around 7.15pm at its peak. People were advised not to look at the sun directly but to either wear special solar eclipse glasses, use a ...

The gathering, on Stopsley Common in Luton, was organised by Luton Astronomical Society with about 800 people attending. Millions of people across the UK and Europe witnessed the most significant ...

Millions of people were gathering in Iceland and northern Spain to witness Europe's first total solar eclipse in 27 years, with Spanish officials warning people to avoid areas where a heatwave has ...

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A partial solar eclipse will be visible across the Maritimes, Ontario, Quebec and other parts of Canada today as the annual Perseid meteor shower also reaches its peak this week. The Canadian Space ...

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain. Daytime darkness will descend Aug. 12 across the Iberian Peninsula close to sunset — plus slivers of ...

Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth ...

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At its peak, most of the UK could watch as more than 90% of the Sun was covered by the Moon - while a rare total eclipse reached totality in Iceland and Spain.