When the solar eclipse hits, you'll see these radiant planets

The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will bring some solar system worlds into view.For those in the 115-mile-wide path of totality — wherein the moon completely blocks the sun for a few minutes or so — the sky (weather-permitting) will darken to deep twilight. When that happens, millions of Americans will be able to see a number of planets. Two will be especially radiant. You can't miss 'em. "Jupiter and Venus will jump out," Aileen O'Donoghue, a radio astronomer at St. Lawrence Univer