A solar eclipse will pass over Earth on Wednesday, starting in Southeast Asia March 9, and ending in the western Pacific on Tuesday evening, March 8. No, the Earth is not changing direction. An eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth. When it is lined up between the sun and the Earth, it creates a shadow and darkness on Earth. Before science explained the phenomenon of a solar eclipse, days when the sun went dark were thought to be bad omens. The website TimeandDate.com says ancient cultures believed the sun disappearing during the day was a sign that gods were fighting or animals were taking bites out of the sun. During the March 8 and 9 eclipse, the shadow will cross the International Date Line. The date line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, along the Pacific Ocean.
Title: Solar Eclipse Starts Wednesday, Ends Tuesday
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/885/solar_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Solar Eclipse Starts Wednesday, Ends Tuesday' data-article-id='1310'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16167'>A solar eclipse will pass over Earth on Wednesday, starting in Southeast Asia March 9, and ending in the western Pacific on Tuesday evening, March 8.</span> <span data-start-time='16167' data-end-time='21625'>No, the Earth is not changing direction.</span> <span data-start-time='21625' data-end-time='27938'>An eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth. </span> <span data-start-time='27938' data-end-time='37229'>When it is lined up between the sun and the Earth, it creates a shadow and darkness on Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='37229' data-end-time='49729'>Before science explained the phenomenon of a solar eclipse, days when the sun went dark were thought to be bad omens.</span> <span data-start-time='49729' data-end-time='68792'>The website TimeandDate.com says ancient cultures believed the sun disappearing during the day was a sign that gods were fighting or animals were taking bites out of the sun.</span> <span data-start-time='68792' data-end-time='78188'>During the March 8 and 9 eclipse, the shadow will cross the International Date Line.</span> <span data-start-time='78188' data-end-time='86042'>The date line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, along the Pacific Ocean.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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