The moon's shadow is sweeping across the Arctic and parts of Europe today, bringing a total solar eclipse to Greenland, Iceland and Spain, and for anyone outside the narrow path of totality, several major space agencies and observatories are streaming the event live and free online.

Today's eclipse, occurring Wednesday, August 12, marks the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Europe since 1999 and the first visible from the Iberian Peninsula since 1912. The path of totality crosses a remote stretch of northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, a small corner of northeastern Portugal, and Spain, before ending near the Balearic Islands as the moon's shadow meets sunset over the Mediterranean. A much broader partial eclipse will be visible across the northern United States, most of Canada, much of Europe and northwestern Africa.

NASA will host its flagship English-language broadcast beginning at 1:15 p.m. Eastern time, or 1715 GMT. The program will include live telescope views from multiple points along the path of totality, expert commentary and interviews with solar scientists, and footage from a NASA-funded WB-57 high-altitude research aircraft chasing the moon's shadow to study the sun's corona. NASA's broadcast will be available across a wide range of platforms, including NASA , the agency's website, NASA TV, Amazon Prime, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch and X. NASA's 2024 total eclipse broadcast reportedly drew more........

© International Business Times