Total solar eclipse casts shadow over Argentina, Chile

Live views from telescopes as a total eclipse of the sun takes place on July 2 and will be visible in parts of Chile and Argentina. Some of the world’s brightest minds in astronomy have gathered at the Chilean Andes ahead of the coming solar eclipse. Coquimbo’s La Silla observatory will host national and foreign scientists travelling to the area to observe the eclipses. Scientists will be paying particular attention to a specific moment in the eclipse. When the moon blocks the sun’s disk a white light of