Prominent astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has a suggestion for anyone with a view of next week's solar eclipse: Put down your smartphone and take in the phenomenon yourself. Tyson told an audience at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday: "Experience this one emotionally, psychologically, physically." The Aug. 21 event will be the first total solar eclipse in 99 years to cross a coast-to-coast swath of the United States. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, completely blotting out the sunlight. Tyson wants eclipse watchers to "experience this one emotionally, psychologically, physically" instead of recording it with a smartphone.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2017 15:04 UTC