Global Shadow Play: How Solar Eclipses Unite a Fractured World—for About Four Minutes
When the Moon, that modest hunk of recycled Earth-crust, decides to photobomb the Sun, humanity briefly stops arguing about tariffs and TikTok to stare skyward like a planetary flock of mildly anxious pigeons. The Great North American Eclipse of 8 April 2024 was only the latest in a long line of celestial guilt trips reminding…