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Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
The solar eclipse of December 26, 2019 was an annular "ring of fire" eclipse, the last central solar eclipse of the 2010s, visible along a narrow path across Asia.
Solar eclipse of February 26, 1979
The total solar eclipse of February 26, 1979 crossed the Pacific Northwest and Canada, lasting up to 2 minutes 49 seconds and visible as partial elsewhere.
Solar eclipse of July 16, 2186
The solar eclipse of July 16, 2186 is a total solar eclipse with 7 minutes 29 seconds of totality, the longest predicted between 3000 BCE and 5000 CE.
Solar eclipse of July 28, 1851
A total solar eclipse on July 28, 1851 crossed Scandinavia and Russia and is remembered for the first correctly exposed photograph of the solar corona, taken at Königsberg.
Solar eclipse of July 29, 1878
A total solar eclipse on July 29, 1878 crossed North America from the Bering Strait to the Gulf of Mexico, prompting major scientific expeditions to Wyoming to study the corona.
Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
The solar eclipse of June 21, 2020 was an annular "ring of fire" eclipse whose path crossed central Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with greatest eclipse near the India–China border.
Solar eclipse of June 24, 1778
A total solar eclipse on June 24, 1778, the first recorded in the United States, whose totality crossed North America from Mexico to the Atlantic seaboard.
Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706
A total solar eclipse on 12 May 1706 crossed Europe and Asia, totality lasting 4 minutes 6 seconds, producing early coronal drawings and Europe's first printed eclipse maps.
Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900
A total solar eclipse on May 28, 1900 crossed the southern United States from New Orleans to Norfolk, and drew major scientific expeditions, including one to Wadesboro, North Carolina.
Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919
The total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 was an exceptionally long totality, lasting nearly seven minutes, during which British expeditions measured starlight bending and confirmed Einstein's general relativity.
Solar eclipse of May 3, 1715
Halley's Eclipse, a total solar eclipse on May 3, 1715, crossed England and Wales, Scandinavia, and northern Russia, and was predicted in detail by Edmond Halley, who published a public map of its path.
Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
The solar eclipse of October 14, 2023 was an annular "ring of fire" eclipse whose path crossed fifteen US states, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil.
Solar eclipses on Jupiter
Solar eclipses on Jupiter occur when a Galilean moon passes between Jupiter and the Sun, casting its shadow on the planet; they are more frequent than on Earth.
Solar eclipses on Mars
Solar eclipses on Mars occur when one of its two moons, Phobos or Deimos, passes in front of the Sun; none is total, and Phobos transits last under a minute.
Solar eclipses on Neptune
Solar eclipses on Neptune occur when one of its moons blocks the Sun; Triton's eclipse seasons recur every 82 years, and Voyager 2 crossed Triton's shadow in 1989.
Solar eclipses on Saturn
Solar eclipses on Saturn occur when a moon such as Titan crosses the Sun as seen from Saturn's cloud tops, an event possible only near Saturn's equinoxes.
Solar eclipses on the Moon
A solar eclipse on the Moon is an eclipse of the Sun caused by Earth passing between Sun and Moon; on Earth the same event appears as a lunar eclipse.
Solar eclipses on Uranus
A solar eclipse on Uranus occurs when one of its twelve large moons, such as Ariel, blocks the Sun; eclipse seasons occur only about every 42 years.
Solar energetic particles
Solar energetic particles are electrons and ions accelerated to up to several GeV in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, a major space weather hazard.
Solar energy
Solar energy is the conversion of sunlight into usable energy, chiefly photovoltaic electricity and solar heat; solar PV generated over 8% of global electricity in 2025.
Solar Energy Generating Systems
Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) is a group of nine parabolic trough solar thermal power plants in California's Mojave Desert, built between 1984 and 1990 and developed by Luz International.
Solar Energy Industries Association
The Solar Energy Industries Association, founded in 1974, is the national trade association for the U.S. solar and energy storage industry, representing about 1,000 member companies.
Solar flare
A solar flare, also called a Sun flare, is an intense burst of radiation from magnetic energy at sunspots, the solar system's most powerful explosion.
Solar fuels
Solar fuels are fuels made from common substances like water and carbon dioxide using sunlight, chiefly hydrogen from water splitting, to store intermittent solar energy in storable, transportable chemical bonds.
Solar furnace
A solar furnace is a research installation concentrating sunlight with mirrors to melt metals, test materials, and drive chemical reactions; the largest, at Odeillo, France, reaches 3,300 °C.
Solar granulation
Solar granulation is the mottled pattern of bright convection cells on the Sun's surface, where granules 700 to 1000 km wide live 5 to 10 minutes.
Solar heat gain coefficient
The solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) measures the fraction of solar radiation a window, door, or skylight admits as heat, with lower values blocking more heat and suiting hot climates.
Solar Hijri calendar
The Solar Hijri calendar, also called the Persian calendar, is the official solar calendar of Iran and Afghanistan, counting years from the Hijra in 622 CE.
Solar Impulse
Solar Impulse, also called the Solar Impulse Project, is a Swiss solar aircraft project founded by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg that circled the world on solar power in 2016.
Solar inverter
A solar inverter, or photovoltaic (PV) inverter, is a device that converts the direct current electricity from solar panels into alternating current for the grid.