22/08/2017 Newsround

I'm Jenny, it's Tuesday and this is Newsround.

The first total solar eclipse in almost 100 years

Millions of people gathered across the country to watch.

And we'll reveal the final line up for Strictly Come Dancing.

First, one of the most spectacular space sights visible from the Earth

happened in America last night as millions of people enjoyed

And this is the moment special Nasa cameras first recorded the moon

We will take you back to Nasa Eclipse Central in Charleston.

A huge shadow, cast by the moon as it passed in front of the sun,

swept across the US from coast to coast.

Millions of people watched, using special glasses

It's the first time in 99 years an eclipse like this has happened,

and the whole event took around 90 minutes.

In some places, darkness lasted for almost three minutes!

Our reporter Nada Tawfik was watching in the state

of Kentucky for Newsround, and sent us this report.

The moment has come and gone and it was truly

When the moon started to creep up and block the sun, that alone

Seeing the sun in the form of a crescent, which normally

The real moment came up quickly, once the moon completely blocked

the sun's surface the whole environment here changed.

It became instantly darker, the temperature dropped drastically

and everyone gathered together just in absolute awe.

They were gasping, shouting "wow" and just laughing at the marvel

But the true amazing part of this and what made the total solar

eclipse so different from witnessing a partial eclipse was seeing

how bright the corona - that's the ring of light -

I think that is what everybody was so in awe of for those two

minutes and 40 seconds, experiencing something that most

And it really was a true moment of joy, it was amazing to see

Yesterday we told you about a group of Scouts who'd travelled

all the way to Yellowstone park in the US to get the best

They'd made special pin hole cameras so they could watch it safely

I'm Samuel, and we've just seen the eclipse,

I mean, the speed at which the temperature

dropped and the light, it was just amazing, the ring

Next to a quick round up of the top sports stories.

And it was even stevens for Manchester City and Everton

in the Premier League last night - who had to settle

Wayne Rooney scored for Everton - his 200th goal in the Premier League

- before Raheem Sterling equalised for City.

Both teams finished with only ten men, with Kyle Walker

and Morgan Schneiderlin picking up two yellow cards each.

And England's women are gearing up for their Rugby World Cup semi-final

Lydia Thompson starts on the wing for England after recovering

from a knee injury that caused her to miss their last

Strictly fans, it's time to celebrate.

The new series starts next month, and now we know the full celebrity

line-up as the the final three contestants were

Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock will be going for gold on the dance

floor, he'll be the first contestant with a disability to take

Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, and TV presenter

Sorry, you can see the pictures! Mutch you cannot see the pictures.

Head to Newsround online to see all the other celebs taking part.

Well, some of the best ones from the last 100 years

are about to make it onto our stamps.

The Royal Mail have released ten new ones,

with things like space hoppers, Action Man and stickle

Some of you are already back at school, and some go back

You might have seen, we've had a big vote

We asked "Should boys and girls have different school uniforms?"

Well, the vote has now closed, and I can reveal the results.

So, it was very close - 49% of you say no, and 51%

of you say yes, boys and girls should have different

You sent in loads of comments about this, let's have a look...

HermioneFan says "I think boys and girls should

wear the same uniform, because if your school goes

anywhere, everyone will know what school you are from."

CandyflossUnicorngirl, says "I think boys should be able

to wear what girls wear, and girls should be able

to wear what boys wear, it's fair and that way everybody

ImaginePonies says "I think all children should be allowed

to wear whatever type of uniform they want."

And GlassLoopyPotato - great name - said "If I was the head teacher

of my school I would ban uniform because it is very boring!"

So lots of opinions there, head to the Newsround

Also online, we want your questions to put to the makers of Minecraft.

Yep, your chance to ask whatever you want to the people behind one

of the most popular games in the world!

So head online now and you might get your question answered.

That's all from the team this morning, Newsround's back

Really sorry about the technical problems. Get your questions to

Minecraft in and try our fantastic quiz of the week. That's all from

me, goodbye. Oh, let's go!

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