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  "title": "Recapping Europe's total solar eclipse, first in nearly 3 decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/recapping-europes-total-solar-eclipse-first-in-nearly-3-decades",
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  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T20:13:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Europe on Wednesday saw its first total solar eclipse in 27 years. CBS News' Bill Harwood shares his thoughts on the event and Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, joins to discuss.",
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "PHOTOS: Solar eclipse begins across UK, Europe",
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        "published": "2026-08-12T17:58:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Solar Eclipse Visible From Europe For First Time In 27 Years: Photos",
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        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Excitement sweeps Europe as millions view total solar eclipse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/excitement-sweeps-europe-as-millions-view-total-solar-eclipse",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:05:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Once in a lifetime’: Millions gather in Europe to see first total solar eclipse in decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/once-in-a-lifetime-millions-gather-in-europe-to-see-first-total-solar",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:21:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Once in a lifetime’: Millions gather in Europe to see first total solar eclipse in decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/once-in-a-lifetime-millions-gather-in-europe-to-see-first-total-solar-701349",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:21:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Europe sees first total solar eclipse in 27 years | Special Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/europe-sees-first-total-solar-eclipse-in-27-years-special-report",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:32:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Europe's first solar eclipse in 27 years in pictures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/europes-first-solar-eclipse-in-27-years-in-pictures",
        "published": "2026-08-12T21:44:28.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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