- A total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, and mainland Spain on 12 August, marking mainland Spain's first total solar eclipse in over a century, while the UK and Ireland will witness a partial eclipse.
- The celestial event will coincide with a six-planet alignment before dawn and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower after nightfall.
- Maximum totality will last up to two minutes and 18 seconds off the west coast of Iceland, with hundreds of millions set to view a partial eclipse across Europe, North America and West Africa.
- Space agencies including NASA and the European Space Agency, alongside global researchers, will conduct atmospheric and solar experiments during the event.
- The event acts as a prelude to a 2027 solar eclipse that will yield over six minutes of totality across southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
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