Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes.
April 8's total solar eclipse is inextricably linked to one in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada on March 7, 1970, seen here..April 8 total solar eclipse will be narrow, at just 115 miles wide, and it will cross parts of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada in a never-to-be-repeated route across the continent, lasting just100 minutes.
But Saros do not last forever; across the centuries, they rise and fall across Earth's surface, eventually skipping off into space. Saros 139 has been producing solar eclipses since 1501 and will do so until 2763, but it will peak onto keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at:
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