Solar Eclipse: Three things we could learn on August 12

🌌 Save the date: the first total solar #eclipse visible from mainland Europe in 20 years is set to happen this week! 🌕 🌑 On August 12, the #Moon will completely block out the #Sun during a rare total solar eclipse across much of northern #Spain. 🔭 But while we watch the show, scientists will conduct many experiments. Julia Rougie explains ▶️

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