SkyNews Editor Carina Ockedahl interviews Chris Vaughan, senior astronomer and earth scientist at AstroGeo.ca, about the 2023 annular eclipse and the 2024 total solar eclipse. Vaughan explains what a solar eclipse is, explores the difference between the two upcoming eclipses, and highlights how they can be viewed safely. (Vaughan is also a contributor to SkyNews magazine; he writes the Beyond Messier column.)
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