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# How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/how-eclipses-revealed-our-solar-system-jtnyff/
- Published: 2024-04-26T18:45:27.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:46:52.000Z
- Description: So how did humans figure out the solar system? Eclipses!
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 10, Episode 6, #ZZZ_Episode_7943e057-4623-4eef-bde9-aa424990c776, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Of all the astronomical phenomena you can witness, the total solar eclipse has to be the most visceral--the most in-your-face reminder that our reality consists of giant balls of rock spinning around stars. It's also the eclipse and phenomena like it that set us on the path to understanding that reality in the first place.