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Nov 1, 2026 15 min

The Great American Eclipse

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACEUploaded 10-05-17The first total solar eclipse in over 40 years is about to hit the United States. Get 15% off your next purchase at https://www.legalzoom.com/spacetime. LegalZoom is not a law firm or a substitute for the advice of an attorney. And be sure to check out Vanessa Hill’s documentary Mutant Menu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrDM6Ic2xMMYou can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetimeGet your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBiTweet at us! @pbsspacetimeFacebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetimeEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] comComment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetimeHelp translate our videos! https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7gPrevious Episode:Ancestor SImulations with Neil deGrasse Tysonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58Get your eclipse glasses ready because the a total solar eclipse is an astronomical event unlike any other.Written by Alexandra Yep and Matt O’Dowd Hosted by Matt O’DowdProduced by Rusty WardGraphics by Kurt RossMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)Comments answered by Matt: Skiwihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58&lc=z130cjxjkvbbv1vmq22uzdyhyoqthlhxa04Bubbleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58&lc=z134sddyfzfjwfjeq22kzb2wrmundt4laShiva Rajbhandarihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58&lc=z134fnfpvlzpurfux23gfnfr5kbcjjcjr04Jason 5499 5499https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58&lc=z12vttuy0lups1b5q04cijiz2sbkjh1ydmc0kCYN MMAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58&lc=z12dipegnm2jsbvxc04cjvjjlkektdi5wfcSpecial thanks to our Patreon Big Bang, Quasar and Hypernova Supporters: Big BangShane RobinsonDavid NicklasSamuel Dean JacinthoQuasarTambe BarsbayCoolascatsAvan and Kyan GriggsMax LevineHypernovaScience Via MarketsChuck ZegarJordan YoungRatfeastJohn HofmannJoseph Salomone Thanks to our Patreon Gamma Ray Burst Supporters: Justin LloydConor DillonJared MooreMichal-Peanut KarmiBernardo HigueraErik SteinDaniel LyonsJade BilkeyKevin WarneJJ BagnellJ RejcDylan MeridaAnthony CaridiAvi GoldfingerJohn PettitShannan CatalanoFlorian StinglmayrYubo DuBenoit Pagé-GuitardRonny PoloniaNathan LenizJessica FraleyKirk MathewsCarl P.

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