'The Daily Show' look at the solar eclipse turns into a battle for the moon | O2K72K9 | 2024-04-08 10:08:01

Get your glasses ready and brush up on those viewing tips, individuals. On April 8, a total solar eclipse will move over North America — here's exactly where — in an incredible turn of luck for us.
Wherever you're watching it, it isn't going to the terrifying event it apparently was, and will not solely see the moon cross in entrance of the sun however bring some other neat planets into view — a comet might even photobomb it.
It's going to be different from the last solar eclipse in 2017, and you may anticipate a "full-body experience". No, you shouldn't take photos of it with your phone and yes, there is a right time to put your glasses on.
As it's the most important science second of the yr, it is also one of many largest headline makers, one thing The Daily Show dug into on Thursday. Host Desi Lydic led a phase on the photo voltaic eclipse (skip to 4:30) and all that candy, sweet eclipse capitalism underway — together with the Delta flight — earlier than throwing to Day by day Show favs Ronny Chieng and Jordan Klepper reporting "on the ground".
The phase shortly turns right into a playground-style battle between Chieng and Klepper over who's the actual star of the solar eclipse: the solar, a literal star, or the moon, the main actor? Cue Klepper getting in exhausting on the moon as a "cultural touchstone" and Chieng throwing its weaker gravitational pull right again in Klepper's face. Should you're on the lookout for candy area burns, take notes.
In the meantime, if you wish to know everything there is to know about the solar eclipse, Mashable's science group is treating this moment like a national holiday, so we've got you covered.
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