The solar eclipse seen from Indianapolis, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse, the first that mainland Europe has seen in nearly 30 years, is happening on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times) By KATRINA MILLER A total solar eclipse, the first that mainland Europe has seen in nearly 30 years, is happening Wednesday. The moon will swallow the sun whole, casting a shadow hundreds of thousands of miles long onto Earth and plunging part of our world into ephemeral…
