AD | To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/drbecky and you'll get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription. | Here's all you need to know about the total solar eclipse visible across Mexico, the USA and Canada on Monday 8th April 2024 so you can make a plan for how and where to watch it. DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT ATHE SUN. Please always double check that any eclipse glasses or camera lens/telescope filters you are using pass the ISO 12312-2 international standard and do not have any scratches on them by holding them up to a light in your house first (all you should be able to see through them is the filament of the light bulb). #eclipse2024 #eclipse #astronomy Interactive eclipse map with timings from timeanddate.com - https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6VhafRMEzNecXud1kXPLiw map with cloud coverage and community events - https://theeclipse.company/map/2024-total-eclipse AAS advice on buying eclipse glasses from safe suppliers - https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/viewers-filters How to make a pinhole camera - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14391 00:00 Intro 00:30 WHEN is the total solar eclipse? 00:39 WHERE can I see the eclipse from? 02:11 WHAT is a total solar eclipse? 04:10 HOW can I safely watch the eclipse? 04:57 Eclipse glasses and how to find safe suppliers 06:37 Make a pinhole camera 06:47 Use a colander to view the eclipse 07:35 How to photograph the total solar eclipse 08:08 WHY should I care about the eclipse? What science can we learn (solar corona & Einstein's general relativity) 11:12 BRILLIANT | AD 12:33 Bloopers Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV Microphone used: Comica VM20 shotgun microphone --- 📚 My new book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://lnk.to/DrBecky --- 👕 My new merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): null --- 🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive --- 🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! --- 👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars. http://drbecky.uk.com/ https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk/