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Solar eclipse is expected to occur on April 20. The spectacular celestial sighting has religious significance in India. Among those who practice and follow Hinduism there are several do's and don'ts to be followed during the surya grahan time.

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The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks from April 22 to 24. Here’s how to watch the "shooting star" spectacle.

India will witness its first solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) of the year and it will be a hybrid solar eclipse. A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare type of eclipse that can be witnessed only a few times per century. A hybrid solar eclipse will be visible on April 20,…

There will be a total of four eclipses this year -- two lunar eclipses and two solar eclipses. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. This obscures the image of the Sun for viewers on Earth, either totally or partly.

A rare hybrid eclipse sweeps across the surface of Earth on April 20, appearing as a total eclipse, annular eclipse or transitioning between both, depending on one's vantage point.

RHESSI has been in space for 21 years. It has been capturing information about the sun

WASHINGTON — Amid growing lawmaker interest in establishing domestic supplies of rare earth minerals, a coalition of tribal leaders, backed by some members of Congress, is calling on President Joe Biden to extend permanent protections to more than a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon that are home…

Protests broke out in Myanmar’s Kachin State following the Kachin Independence Organization’s decision to grant Chinese companies permission to mine in the area near the border with China’s Yunnan Province.