The eclipse of April 8 has been smothered with coverage by both mass and social media. Americans — some who flail at things that go “bump” in the night — yearned for even more darkness!

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Brylee Hinish, 11, looks at the eclipse through a telescope at the Mountain Lion Observatory at Fort Roberdeau while her brother, Boston ...

Hollidaysburg Area High School junior Lauren Hajnosz, 16, looks at the sun with eclipse shades outside the Hollidaysburg Planetarium at the school on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick ...

Safety glasses, coronas and traffic were all the talk this week after parts of the U.S. experienced a total solar eclipse on Monday afternoon, with Connecticut seeing the sun covered by the moon ...