How ancient cultures explained eclipses
- Written by Roger Culver, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Colorado State University
A 1765 painting of Helios, the personification of the sun in Greek mythology.Wikimedia Commons
On August 21, a total solar eclipse will be visible across parts of the United States.
As the Earth and moon sweep through space in their annual journey around the sun, the three bodies align in such a way that the Earth passes into the shadow of the moon....