This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. Ashleigh Papp: This spring—on April 8, 2024, to be exact—our moon will pass between Earth and the sun. For a small window of time during the day, the sun will go dark, temperatures will drop, and it will literally look like the middle of the night.? And then, after a few minutes of midday darkness, known as “totality,” our sun wi...