2024 Eclipse Resources and Events
Find everything you need for the April 8 total solar eclipse here, including our eclipse glasses order form, event registration links, and educational resources.
On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will witness the rare event of a solar eclipse that will cross the continental United States. The Moon will block the Sun and reveal its corona in an incredible celestial spectacle. In celebration of this momentous occasion and NOVA's 50th anniversary, NOVA will be distributing free eclipse glasses, premiering a new eclipse film and digital content, and hosting a livestream event the day of the eclipse.
Request NOVA 50th anniversary eclipse glasses, register to watch our April 8th livestream from Kerrville, Texas, and find educational resources about eclipses and eclipse viewing safety on this page.
Watch a NOVA livestream from the Kerrville Eclipse Festival
Join the excitement as we interview NASA scientists and event attendees in the lead-up to the total solar eclipse. The livestream will begin on April 8 at 12PM ET.
Request eclipse glasses for your classroom or community group
NOVA is distributing free eclipse glasses for our 50th anniversary. Order glasses for your classroom or community viewing group while supplies last!
* We are no longer accepting requests.
NOVA Eclipse Toolkit
These toolkit documents for educators and families contain everything you need to know to prepare for the April 8 total solar eclipse, from science to safety tips to eclipse activities.
Watch NOVA's Great American Eclipse
In April 2024, the Moon’s shadow is sweeping from Texas to Maine, as the U.S. witnesses its last total solar eclipse until 2044. This extraordinary astronomical event is plunging locations in the path of totality into darkness for more than four minutes – nearly twice as long as the last American eclipse in 2017. Learn how to watch an eclipse safely and follow scientists as they work to unlock secrets of our Sun – from why its atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface, to what causes solar storms and how we might one day predict them.
NOVA's Great American Eclipse will premier April 3, 2024 at 9 pm on PBS.
More eclipse resources from NOVA:
Stellar Solar Eclipse Facts - From Babylonian kings to dangerous solar storms, discover surprising facts about solar eclipses.
Awe and Wonder at the Eclipse - Eclipse watchers cheered as the moon covered the sun in a coast-to-coast total eclipse.
Total Solar Eclipse Animation - In this animation, see why solar eclipses occur and observe a simulated total eclipse.
Why Eclipses Don't Occur Monthly - After all, you only need three things to make a solar eclipse: the Sun, the Earth and the Moon.
Eclipse Over America | Relative Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon - Learn how relationships of size and distance among the Moon, the Sun, and Earth lead to a total solar eclipse in this video from NOVA: Eclipse Over America.
