If your glasses fail any of these home tests, you should either try and get a refund or discard them. It is worth noting that not all counterfeit solar glasses are fake and therefore, unsafe.

Real solar glasses should be “at least 1,000 times darker than even the darkest regular sunglasses,” advised Rick Fienberg, Project Manager of the AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force.

This article is part of a special report on the total solar eclipse that will be visible from parts of the U.S., Mexico and Canada on April 8, 2024. A day after the American Astronomical Society ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This consumer alert is a tutorial on how to tell the real eclipse glasses from the fakes. Real eclipse glasses like this are made of black polymer that blocks nearly all ...

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Some of the fake glasses also include the name or logo of Solar Eclipse International, Canada, which is Qiwei’s North American distributor.

The total solar eclipse is on April 8, and to watch it safely, you'll need a pair of legit solar viewing glasses. Here's how you can spot a counterfeit.

Now, in the event you already got your eclipse glasses or hand-held viewers from a non-approved vendor, that’s okay. There are steps you can take to verify their authenticity—steps that are ...

Here are tips on how to test the safety of your glasses and what to know about eye safety. Fake eclipse glasses are hitting the market. Here’s how to tell if you have a pair ...