See moments from the solar eclipse by our Daily Herald photographers in the suburbs of Chicago and southern Illinois. People in Naperville, at Harper College in Palatine, Gages Lake, and Wayne as well as downstate Chester gathered to experience the ...

Mother Nature isn't cooperating with skywatchers' hopes to see the eclipse in the Chicago area today. Cloud coverage is making it difficult to see the full effect of the partial eclipse. Still, the clouds weren't thick enough to keep the sun complet...

Adler Planetarium: A free Chicago Eclipse Fest will run from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday on the planetarium grounds and in the adjacent parking lot. Guests can enjoy live entertainment, hands-on science for all ages, local programming and food trucks...

The Barrington Street Fest and Dance is the perfect way to close out summer 2017. Presented by the Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club, with The Village of Barrington, the Street Fest is a family-friendly event featuring music, food and a Kids Zone. T...

On Monday, Aug. 21, residents from Friendship Village Schaumburg will celebrate a solar eclipse tea party. Donning special eclipse glasses, the residents will witness the phenomenon of the moon passing between the sun and earth, blocking the sun fr...

Breaking a world record three times in one night is an extraordinary feat for any athlete. Accomplishing it with a vision impairment when the sport heavily relies on the sense, however, makes the task seemingly impossible. Nonetheless, as he has do...

Update: The Adler Planetarium will be giving out 30,000 safe solar viewing glasses at the Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, starting at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21. At Chicago's Daley Plaza, Adler will begin distributing 10,000 safe ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the new date that glasses will be handed out at Daley Plaza. Many suburban stores are sold out of eclipse glasses, leaving people scrambling to find a pair before Monday's astronomical even...