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Recapping Europe's total solar eclipse, first in nearly 3 decades

Name: Recapping Europe's total solar eclipse, first in nearly 3 decades
Uploaded: 2026-08-12T15:00:00-0400
Duration: 5 min 52 s
Description: 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.

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.