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Jamie Carter

How to see 2 total solar eclipses in the next 2 years — including the 'eclipse of the century'

A photograph of a fully eclipsed sun, with white spikes of coronal energy shooting out from behind the moon.

There has not been a total solar eclipse since the "Great American Eclipse" on April 8, 2024 — but now, two are coming up in the next two years.

The first of these total solar eclipses, on Aug. 12, 2026, will grace parts of Greenland, Iceland and Spain. The second, on Aug. 2, 2027, will occur across parts of North Africa, southern Spain and the Middle East and is being dubbed the "eclipse of the century."

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