From the July 2009 issue

Who was the first person in history to accurately predict a solar eclipse?

Hunt Hodgetts, Atlanta
By | Published: July 27, 2009 | Last updated on May 18, 2023
total solar eclipse
Image of a total solar eclipse.
NASA

In 1715, astronomer Sir Edmond Halley used Isaac Newton’s law of gravity to make the first accurate prediction of a solar eclipse.